The Czech turned 30 yesterday and scored in his big day for the second time in his West Ham career.
The new West Ham manager will have won plenty of credit with their superb victory at Arsenal.
But when the bosses at West Ham create more noise than most and the stadium can go deathly quiet at times, it is a significant task.
West Ham hardly rolled out the free-flowing football in the first half – but they did not need to.
Another display of dodgy defensive work set up West Ham’s second.
