Slaven Bilic says his West Ham side “cannot wait” for their next home games at the London Stadium after beating newly promoted Huddersfield on Monday night.

The Hammers had an awful start to the season in their first 3 games, but managed to overcome the in-form Terriers 2-0, their first win of the season.

There has been a lot of speculation over whether or not the London Stadium feels like ‘home’ to West Ham players and supporters – but Bilic has made assurances that his team feel at home, and that they look forward to fixtures at the ground.

“This is becoming and it has already become our home,” Bilic said.

“We cannot wait to play here again. That is the situation now, we feel it is our home. It will never be Upton Park, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be our home.”

“I really have a feeling, and I see the players, we trained here yesterday and the day before, we like it more and more,” he said.

“That can only come with good results and good individual performances, and good memories from the games, especially those games, the big ones. We won recently a few big ones, like Swansea, Spurs and tonight, that is why I am positive.”

Before West Ham recorded their first win in the league, Bilic had been favoured to be sacked – following on from De Boer who was relieved of is Crystal Palace duties on Monday. However, the Croat says he understands how the game works with his age and experience.

“I’m 49, and I’ve been in serious football since I was 18, so for 31 years, and I know how it goes, especially today,” he said.

“But to be fair, I came to the zone where I don’t care about it in that way. I care about the team. I saw my team really focus, they showed determination, energy, that was really important to me, the thing I was focused on. All the other things, I can agree or not, but they are irrelevant, to the way I look at my job.”

[Quotes via Independent]