West Ham goalkeeper Alphonse Areola says they must maintain their winning momentum after their Europa Conference League win at Anderlecht.

Next up is the visit of one of Areola's former clubs, Fulham, to London Stadium on Sunday and the No13 cannot wait for the contest.

"We're on a pretty positive run at the moment, so it's up to us to keep the momentum, and go and win now on Sunday against Fulham," the France international goalkeeper told whufc.com.

"It was a fairly close game on Thursday, with not many opportunities, but as you said; the substitutions made the difference. They came in very well, we were already settled into the game and they gave us that little bit extra."

Thursday's win owed plenty to Areola's magnificent reaction save to keep out a Fabio Silva header late on, after Gianluca Scamacca's smart finish has broken the deadlock eleven minutes from time.

"The save came at was a moment where we were suffering a bit more. We started to fall back. The end of the game…It's intense…I saw the cross come in, I adjusted my position quickly and I was ready to intervene; Thankfully for us, it made the difference and saw us win.

"We knew they were a good team, so we had to be ready; we had to be ready to play a decent team, good with the ball. We knew how to keep the ball, we knew how to control it throughout the game."