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title: "Mark Noble Reveals Penalty Promise Made To Michail Antonio"
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# Mark Noble Reveals Penalty Promise Made To Michail Antonio

West Ham captain Mark Noble has revealed the promise he made to striker Michail Antonio ahead of the match [against Manchester United at Old Trafford](https://www.skysports.com/football/man-utd-vs-west-ham/408345)last season.

Noble appeared on the [talkSPORT breakfast show (8.30am)](https://talksport.com/football/787510/mark-noble-david-moyes-west-ham-contract/) with Laura Woods, Ally McCoist and former Hammer [Carlton Cole](https://readwestham.com/2020/10/28/carlton-cole-says-david-moyes-deserves-new-deal/).

The 30-year-old spoke about the form of Antonio as well as the reasons why the striker was on [penalty duty that day in July](https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2020/july/22-july/michail-antonio-i-was-confident-i-would-score), saying: ”From lockdown, he scored all those goals to keep us up. At the end of last season, we were in the gym and he needed one more for a bonus and our next game was Manchester United away, I was hedging my bets a little bit and I said if we get one you can take it.”

The Hammers were awarded a spot-kick on the day and, thankfully for Noble, Antonio scored as the captain admitted: ”I could hear the gaffer and I chose not to look round.”

On the club’s start to the season and the job David Moyes has done, Noble was cautiously optimistic: ”The manager changed the shape and it suited a lot of our players. It sort of clicked.”

The club’s [record Premier League appearance maker](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/25/West-Ham-United/stats) continued: ”He’s brought in players he wants, I know it can change, but hopefully, we are moving in the right direction.”

”I’ve not heard anything about a new deal \[for Moyes\], we had a great relationship last time. We’ve had a good start, I think the club under him has been settled for a while now.”

Noble finally gave a positive update on his own injury situation, saying: ”I trained yesterday all good and I’ll train again today, I should be in the squad for the Sheffield United game.”

### READ WEST HAM VERDICT

A fascinating insight from the man [known as ‘Mr. West Ham’](https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2019/december/31-december/mark-noble-voted-hammer-decade)who is known to wear his heart on his sleeve when it comes to the Hammers.

Despite a [diminishing influence on the field](https://www.premierleague.com/players/3014/Mark-Noble/overview) this season, Noble also certainly remains a huge presence in the dressing room. A [potential future manager](https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/mark-noble-cannot-rule-out-west-ham-manager-job-a4502076.html)at London Stadium, perhaps?