West Ham captain Kevin Nolan hails crucial win for his side against QPR

West Ham captain Kevin Nolan was glad to see his side claim an 'absolutely vital' first away triumph of the Premier League season.

Resilience

Man-of-the-match Mark Noble also hailed West Ham's resilience after QPR battled for a way back and is already looking ahead to another London derby when the Hammers host Arsenal this weekend. He said: "I think in the first half we controlled the game. We got an early goal, then got another one and controlled it from then on. "It's a tough place to come and play here and when they scored their goal we had to dig in and fight and we've done that tonight, the lads were brilliant. "The morale's brilliant, we've had a good start. Obviously we've got Arsenal next week so we've got to concentrate on that one now, it's going to be a tough game."