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Felipe Anderson has spoken of his joy at having made a brilliant impact in the game against Burnley yesterday afternoon.
For the first time we saw the reason Manuel Pellegrini had insisted that he became the marquee signing of the summer as he ran the Clarets ragged.
Two goals, a hit post and a range of trickery had the stadium ricking and he was quick to praise the Hammers fans who have had to show patience for him to come to his best.
He said: “The fans here are incredible. I’ve never seen something like that. At the beginning of the season it was very hard, I didn’t play well and they kept on motivating me.
They kept on supporting me, and that stayed in my heart and I’m really happy that I could bring them some joy.”
Speaking to www,whufc.com he added: “We were really looking for that victory. We were really working for it. I hoped it happened, whether I scored or not, but I’m happy I contributed with goals and a good performance and I’m very happy for this home victory by two goals.
“I’m always looking to help the team, with a goal, a move, a pass or any way I can but if I do it with a goal or an assist I’m even happier.
It was a great day, we played really well regardless of how hard the match was, we were up to the challenge and we got the result we were looking for.
“At 1-1 we believed we could win it, I scored and they equalized again and for some seconds we couldn’t believe it but we are a team that fights until the very end, that believe in themselves and that helped us stay in the game.
“It’s better to work with a win, we have serenity, confidence and we want to get more.”
“The Premier League is really hard, really strong and everybody is really strong,” he explained. “I had to adapt and my teammates always told me they had faith in me regardless if I played well or badly and that has been really important for my adaptation and to be able to show my game.”