Benrahma has a new fan

West Ham captain Declan Rice took time to praise fellow teammate Said Benrahma who made his starting debut for West Ham last night.

Speaking to West Ham TV Rice said “The game was opening up, you could see that. Once we’d beaten their first couple of players, it was an open game and for players like Said and Jarrod to get on the ball. Tonight was special and special for Said, as well. What a player!”

Rice posted a selfie of himself with Said Benrahma on his personal Instagram account with the caption ‘What a player!”

The 25-year-old added a completely different dimension to our attacking play. It’s clear to see that he wanted to prove to David Moyes that he should be starting every game from now on.  David Moyes played down the performance of loanee from Brentford as is often the way with the gaffer, he doesn’t like the praise to go to his players had and he did a similar thing with Jarrod Bowen.

It will be hard for Moyes to drop Benrhama from the starting lineup on Wednesday when the Hammers face Palace after that performance.