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title: "Hernandez hopes brace in Huddersfield win earns him a start"
canonical: "https://readwestham.com/2019/03/17/hernandez-hopes-brace-in-huddersfield-win-earns-him-a-start/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Alex Turk"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2019-03-17T13:48:07Z"
modified: "2019-03-17T13:48:08Z"
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# Hernandez hopes brace in Huddersfield win earns him a start

Javier Hernandez has admitted he hopes his match-winning contribution against Huddersfield on Saturday is enough to earn him more starts at West Ham United.

The Hammers were 3-1 down in the 75th minute but a rare goal for Angelo Ogbonna and seven-minute brace going into injury time for Hernandez sent the London Stadium into raptures.

After full-time, ‘Chicharito’ told the official club website his happiness at helping the team, but also his eagerness to start more games and have more minutes on the pitch.

> I want to be on the pitch as much as I can, to be honest. If I need to help my team-mates as a substitute, I’ll try to do my best, but I want to start and to play as many minutes as I can. Hopefully, I can keep proving that by scoring goals, with assists and good performances, and we can try and get in the top seven.

Hernandez has grown a reputation for clutch goals over the years at clubs like Manchester United and Real Madrid, and replaced a disappointing Michail Antonio at half-time to make a huge impact.

West Ham remain unbeaten at home in 2019 and host Everton next once the international break is out of the way, in a match where Hernandez will be mightily let down if Marko Arnautovic is preferred.