Pardew: Benayoun is West Ham's Zidane

Alan Pardew hailed Yossi Benayoun as West Ham’s very own Zinedine Zidane after the tricky Israeli turned in another inspirational display for the Hammers.

Benayoun, a £2.5m (€2m) summer buy from Racing Santander, scored his first goal in a claret and blue shirt to seal last night’s 4-0 win over a wretched Aston Villa side.