Antonio’s insomnia helped his four goal comeback
“When I scored the first two I could see they were quite open, [so I knew] it was a great opportunity for me.
“I like being in history. The first player to score [in the Premier League] at London Stadium, one of the last players to score at the Boleyn Ground, and now the first player to score four goals in the Premier League for West Ham. I’m just ticking them off as I’m going!
“It’s my first ever matchball and hopefully I can add to it. I just think it’s been free-flowing, attacking football and I’ve been getting my opportunities,” he explained.
“The Gaffer has told me to make sure I stay in the box, and all my goals have come from inside the box, so it’s just a case of staying there and being around it and taking the opportunities. It puts the pressure on Bournemouth, it puts the pressure on Aston Villa now, but we’ve just got to concentrate on ourselves,” he added. “We’re in a good position and we can’t make ourselves drop.
“I couldn’t sleep after the game on Wednesday because I had a great opportunity to get us a point and I didn’t take it.
“I’m my biggest critic, so to come out today and get four goals and three points for our club was just amazing.
“Hopefully we can build on this and keep going to the end of the season.
“We’ve got a good run going on and we’ve got Watford coming up. We both need to get points and in the situation we’re in we’ve got to focus on ourselves and keep pushing forward.”
