{"id":298094,"date":"2017-03-01T09:59:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T09:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=298094"},"modified":"2017-03-01T09:59:32","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T09:59:32","slug":"west-hams-mark-noble-salutes-andre-ayews-mental-toughness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/west-hams-mark-noble-salutes-andre-ayews-mental-toughness\/","title":{"rendered":"West Ham’s Mark Noble salutes Andre Ayew\u2019s mental toughness"},"content":{"rendered":"
West Ham United captain Mark Noble has hailed Andre Ayew\u2019s mental strength after he made a scoring return for the club against Watford over the weekend. The Ghanaian recorded just his second goal for the Hammers since joining from Swansea City in the summer.<\/p>\n
The 27-year-old pulled the trigger and the match needed equalizer at Vicarage Road as the two teams shared the spoils.<\/p>\n
The West African has endured a frustrating start to life in London after he picked up a thigh injury during his debut against Chelsea in August.<\/p>\n
Ayew\u2019s West Ham career appeared to have been ravaged by the two-months injury lay-out but he seems to be picking himself up slowly.<\/p>\n
And Hammers\u2019 captain Mark Noble has been impressed with the mental toughness of the Ghana deputy captain.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was speaking to \u2018Dre the other day and said \u2018Look, when you come to a new club and get injured in your first game and are out for three months, then you come back and you\u2019re away for another month at the African Nations Cup, it\u2019s so hard to get back involved\u2019,\u201d said Noble.<\/p>\n
\u201cCredit to \u2018Dre, because he\u2019s come back and worked hard, he\u2019s great around the squad and he got what he deserved.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is a very, very good signing and I knew that when we signed him, but he\u2019s had it tough. I\u2019m pretty sure he\u2019ll stay fit now and get us some more goals.\u201d<\/p>\n
West Ham take on leaders Chelsea at the London stadium on Monday March 6.<\/p>\n
–<\/p>\n
By Rahman Osman\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
West Ham United captain Mark Noble has hailed Andre Ayew\u2019s mental strength after he made a scoring return for the club against Watford over the weekend. The Ghanaian recorded just his second goal for the Hammers since joining from Swansea City in the summer. The 27-year-old pulled the trigger and the match needed equalizer at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[3166,4560],"yoast_head":"\n