Upbeat Antonio reckons we are on our way

Michail Antonio believes the Hammers are on their way.

He added: “Whoever can go on a good run now can move into the top half of the table. It was a very important victory against Crystal Palace last weekend. We have been playing well and have started games well. We have been on top of teams but then experience a lot of bad luck.
“I have never known a run where every time someone goes forward they put the ball in the back of the net. Things have not been going our way but it seemed to turn at Palace last Saturday.
“People have spoken about the London Stadium but the facilities are even better and I put it down to bad luck. We want our ability to come through and the results will get even better.
“We need to have a strong mentality and we always believe we can win. It has had nothing to do with us not believing.”
Antonio feels the key to beating Sunderland will be stopping former Hammers forward Jermain Defoe getting on the scoresheet.

He said:  “In the Premier League any team can beat anyone on their day because all the teams have quality players. This season things have not gone Sunderland’s way and this is the game where they could turn up.
“But I don’t think that is going to happen and I think we are good enough to come away with all three points. We know that we need to stop Jermain Defoe. He is a prolific goalscorer and if we can stop him, we can hopefully stop Sunderland scoring.”