Dimitri Payet celebrated committing his long-term future to West Ham United by creating one and scoring another as the Hammers came from 2-0 down to draw at Norwich City on Saturday.

The French playmaker signed a five-year deal with the Hammers on Thursday evening after several days of speculation about his future.

Canaries winger Robbie Brady opened the scoring after 55 minutes, breezing into space on the edge of the area before curling into the top corner.

Eleven minutes later Alex Neil’s strugglers doubled up. Steven Naismith hit a shot which deflected into the path of Wes Hoolahan. The Irishman promptly slammed under Adrian to give the hosts an unassailable lead.

Payet kick-started the Hammers’ revival with 16 minutes remaining, sliding in to hook the ball into an empty net after Victor Moses had been denied by John Ruddy.

The former Marseille man then laid on West Ham’s equaliser three minutes later. After getting to the byline he cut back to the edge of the penalty area for skipper Mark Noble to lash into the top corner.

Head coach Slaven Bilic admitted afterwards it was a surprise to bring Payet to Upton Park in summer in a deal worth £10.5 million.

“It wasn’t a record deal for West Ham. Nowhere near that – I don’t think,” he said.

“But we were first to react, or we used the situation that for some reason bigger clubs didn’t try to get him.

“I don’t know why, it was a bit of a surprise.

“To be fair, I thought it was going to be possible, but I didn’t believe we were going to do it that quickly.

“Credit to the chairman, he did it very, very quickly. In the space of ten days and he was our player. I was happy then and I’m happy now.”

The Hammers go to Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup fifth round on Sunday looking to go one better than last season’s defeat by West Bromwich Albion at the same stage.

“We’re going to try to be different [to last season] and we’re going to give everything,” Bilic said.

“This kind of performance gives us hope that it will be different. We have the quality, we have the team spirit, we have the character, we have legs, the only problem is the injuries.

“But we are expecting a few players to come back after the Blackburn game and it gives us hope, but only if we continue to play like the last half an hour, or if we improve and raise our level of the game.

“But we will not put the season to bed now, no way, we have no right to do it. Even if you have no chance to move up and down, this is the Premier League.

“We have fans, we have a team and we are representing West Ham, no matter if it’s a friendly or the Premier League. So no way is that going to happen.”