Ben Johnson was overjoyed with his role in West Ham’s dramatic win over Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Every time he steps on the pitch, it becomes more and more baffling as to why West Ham are not doing everything in their power to keep hold of Ben Johnson. He has been absolutely sensational this season, playing in a variety of different positions and adapted brilliantly.

His performance against Wolves was no different, he is one of the reasons that the Hammers improved so much in the second-half and he is delighted to have played so well. “The three subs who came on, including myself, changed the game as the intensity improved, and that’s just sometimes how football goes when one half is different to the other,” Johnson explained to the official site.

“I was just trying to run with the ball and beat players and create something and see what we could do and I felt we did that well and it always puts teams on the back foot and they give a bit you more time and they’re scared of you.”

“My job is to play as well as I can. I just try and beat players, run past them and keep the ball and get my teammates involved. It’s important that we’ve got players who can beat players as they win football matches – you see it all the time. The subs who came on were brilliant from front to back. I enjoyed playing the second half and we finally got a good decision that went for us, which felt good!”

As the defender alluded to, it was a game of two halves. The first 45 was a dismal display from the Irons, but the second was full of character and this is largely down to the tactical changes that were made at half-time. “We changed the formation a bit and went to a back-three, which gave me and Emerson licence to get in at the back post and see if we could get the ball and knock anything in, whether that’s a shot or a cross on goal for a chance. You could argue Emi’s goal could have stood.”

“It gives us a lot more freedom in those positions when you get the full-backs forward, blocking the other team in, and it give momentum because you get the ball back when they clear it and you can sustain attacks, which is important because momentum is everything in the Premier League as you saw in the second half.”

“When you’re a wing-back, you can get in there because you haven’t got to worry because you’ve got the centre-back behind you, and for my volley it dropped to me and I shot instinctively with my left and it could have gone in if it went a couple of yards either side of the goalkeeper. It’s something I want to work on and improve.”

“We got away with it and we move on,” the Englishman said when asked about Kilman’s disallowed goal. “We finally got a decision when in the last few weeks we haven’t, so it was nice to have got one and it be in the last minute, which made it even better.”

With Coufal being in poor form, many have called for Johnson to start against Bayer Leverkusen, an opportunity he would take with open arms. “Those are the games you want to play – you want to play in the Premier League and in the European competitions against the best teams in Europe. All I can do is focus on today and see what happens on Thursday when it comes. Of course I want to be in the team, so let’s see.”