Robert Snodgrass hails West Ham's 'magic' man Manuel Lanzini

Robert Snodgrass has hailed West Ham's "magic" man Manuel Lanzini as a key player for Slaven Bilic's side.

Lanzini appeared to have given the Hammers a crucial victory against West Brom on Saturday afternoon, courtesy of a rasping left-footed strike.

But Gareth McAuley netted an injury-time equaliser to deny the east Londoners all three points, which left the London Stadium crowd deflated.

January signing Snodgras was disappointed not to see the game out but believes Lanzini's contribution was one of plenty of positives for his new side.

“Lanzini is terrific and he’s a game changer,” Snodgrass told West Ham's official website.

“We need to always get him on the ball in those areas and let him do what he does best and that’s pull out moments of magic like that.

“We’re gutted, but as I say, the lads battled so hard to get ourselves in front and get the three points and it’s a devastating way to lose them."

Lanzini has scored five goals in 22 top-flight appearances this season, just one less than his total for the entire previous campaign.

West Ham currently occupy 10th place in the table and are set to travel to Dubai for a warm-weather training camp this week.

Snodgrass has made a solid start to his Hammers career and is relishing the hard work needed to cement his place in the starting line up.

“Personally, it was never going to be easy for me coming here, it’s tough and you have to work as hard as you possibly can to try and get in the team.

“I’ve managed to do that and the team are very unlucky not to have got six points from my two starts,” he added.