Łukasz Fabiański saved the day after two late saves thwarted Manchester City and secured a precious Premier League point for the Hammers .
Fabiański stood tall to win one-on-on battles with Raheem Sterling and Riyad Mahrez and earn his team a hard-earned draw.
Fabiański told WHUFC.com “I think the first half we were a really good side and put them under a lot of pressure and our gameplan worked perfectly against City, we knew we could expose them and that’s what we did in the first half.
In the second half, with each minute they started to put a lot more pressure on us and we had to defend a lot more than we did in the first half but, in the end, we dug really deep and we got a point from this game.
“What was good in the second half was that we showed pride in defending. We really wanted to make sure we didn’t lose the game, so we put our bodies on the line and tried to protect our goal from any clear-cut chances and I think we did that for most of the game.
“Obviously against a team like City you’re always going to concede some chances but, at the end of the day, I was lucky and happy to help the team in that situation. That’s my part I have to do on the pitch and I was happy I could help today.”
“The first one, what helped me was that Raheem Sterling had a bit of a heavy touch so I could close him down,” the Poland international explained.
“The second situation was a lot more difficult to be honest with you, because when Mahrez was going through on goal 1v1 against me from the angle, you always have in mind that there is maybe someone inside for the cut-back, so you have to wait until the end and just hope a little bit for him to make a bad decision or just to hit you.
“I tried to make myself as big as I could and in the end he just hit me and luckily for us the ball went out for a corner, so I was happy I could help.”
The 35-year-old joined the Hammers from Swansea City in June 2018 for £7m on a three-year contract that runs out in June next year.
The club has a one year option on the Polish international which they are likely to exercise if he remains fit which would take him past his 37th birthday.
Fabianski has made 70 appearances for the Hammers from his 349 senior career appearances.
