West Ham United boss Slaven Bilic praised his side's character after salvaging a 2-2 draw at home to Norwich City.

The Hammers fell behind when Robbie Brady scored following a sloppy pass from Mark Noble. But Diafra Sakho equalised in the 33rd minute.

Norwich regained the lead in the second half when Nathan Redmond curled a shot into the net after 83 minutes.

But the Irons levelled the game in the 90th minute when Cheikhou Kouyate netted to leave West Ham third in the Premier League table. 

Bilic told the club website: “I am pleased and we showed the character and the spirit. We showed the quality but I am not totally happy with the result as our objective in every home game is to win.

“But this is the Premier League and you have to give credit to the opponents. I am sure their manager would say the same and he can take a lot of positive things, but also negative things.

“It was a game of spells. It was dramatic and a typical Premier League game that had everything – it had aggression, passes with set pieces, four goals and great saves from both keepers. It was a very exciting and dramatic game."

Blilic added: “The goal from Norwich killed us for the first 25 minutes and they were much better than us. They kept the ball and were getting good opportunities. They were frustrating us.

“But the last 15 minutes of the first half we were brilliant and scored a goal. We were aggressive and were quicker than them."