Aaron Wan-Bissaka felt his West Ham United team displayed a positive mindset to recover from the blow of conceding an early goal to claim a point against Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday afternoon.
After conceding twice in the closing stages to see a potential 2-1 win turn into a 3-2 defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion the previous weekend, the Irons’ mettle was tested when Wilson Odobert profited from a slip at the back to give the visitors a 15th-minute lead at London Stadium.
But Graham Potter’s men did not allow their heads to drop and worked their way back level within 13 minutes - with Wan-Bissaka at the heart of the move.
The No29 received possession from Mohammed Kudus on the right-wing, and slipped a perfect pass through for Jarrod Bowen to collect inside the area and slot past Guglielmo Vicario, recording his third assist of the campaign in the process
“All round, I think every player gave their best, from the the boys who started to the boys that came on the pitch," he said.
“[We pressed with more intensity and] As a team as well, going together. That pushes everyone on.
“We had to bounce back from their goal. Obviously, that's the hard part, coming back from 1-0 down. We stayed positive and knew that we'd get our chance.”
Bowen’s strike was his tenth Premier League goal of the campaign and ensured the skipper reached that milestone for the third time as a Hammer.
Wan-Bissaka had no doubt his teammate would deliver when he slipped the ball through to him in the 28th minute, and now is determined to help the team register that long-awaited win when they head to his former club Manchester United next Sunday.
“It's always good to help the team and when Jarrod got it, I knew he was going to do something,” he explained, “Either square it or finish, and he chose to finish.
“Sometimes in football, you need luck. Obviously, we haven't had that [in recent months], but we still have a positive mindset, going into games and giving our all.
“It'll be nice to go to Old Trafford next week. I haven't been there in a while, but at the end of the day, it's a football game, and we have the mentality to go there and win.”