Ayew vows to take Hammers chance

Andre Ayew has struggled to make an impact since joining West Ham United, but the striker says he is desperate to impress manager Slaven Bilic after he secured his side a point in a 1-1 draw at Watford.

Ayew, a £20m signing from Swansea City last summer, tapped in after Michail Antonio had crashed a shot off both posts at Vicarage Road.

The Ghana international, who has just returned from the Africa Cup of Nations, made a major impact in his first Premier League season last year, scoring 12 league goals and convincing Bilic to part with a huge sum of cash.

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Injuries and a loss of form have hindered Ayew, but now the Hammers are again without Andy Carroll due to injury – he believes it is his time to make a point.

“I will continue to work hard and hopefully I can get some more goals,” he said.

“I think in the first half they got control of the ball, they put us under pressure and we couldn’t really play our game. In the second half we managed to come out and play how we know how to play.

“It’s a fair result – they had the first half and we had the second. It was a tough game, this is the Premier League. We just need to keep working hard and hopefully we’ll get the results we want.

“For the goal the ball came to me off both posts, and sometimes that’s the game and that’s how it comes.

“Sometimes it doesn’t [drop for you], but that’s football. For me it was important to score, it’s my first game back from the Africa Cup of Nations.”