Back-to-back wins have certainly lifted the mood around the London Stadium as West Ham are finally moving up the Premier League table.

In what has been a difficult season for Slaven Bilic and his side, the Hammers have picked up much-needed 1-0 successes over Burnley and Hull in recent weeks, and they will be 13th and five points clear of danger at Christmas.

Nonetheless, those results have been met with mixed reviews by West Ham fans, who are still concerned that the level of performance is not good enough to completely dispel relegation.

Bilic’s men have won five of their 16 Premier League games this season as they look to build upon their seventh place finish last time out, but they have found the going much tougher this year, losing eight times already.

However, they have built a bit of momentum in recent weeks, and will go into their clash at Swansea on Boxing Day confident of securing a third straight win.

In what has been a decent 12 months for West Ham, we thought we’d look back at some of their better moments, so here are their top THREE goals of 2016…

Aaron Cresswell vs Leicester (April 17)

Leicester’s home game against West Ham was seen as one of their toughest in their run-in towards the Premier League title, and so it proved.

Jamie Vardy put the Foxes ahead but was later sent off, and Andy Carroll equalised for Bilic’s side six minutes from time as the Hammers looked set to take at least a point back home to Upton Park.

However, they went ahead four minutes from time through an unlikely source, and what a strike it was.

Michail Antonio did brilliantly down the right to dig out a cross, which was met by a defensive header from Danny Simpson.

However, the ball landed at the feet of Aaron Cresswell, who touched it down with his chest before firing home a stunning volley past Kasper Schmeichel.

It was a sensational strike which, at that stage, looked set to derail Leicester’s march towards the title, although they did rescue a point from the occasion when Leonardo Ulloa netted a late penalty.

Dimitri Payet vs Manchester United (March 13)

Dimitri Payet had an unbelievable debut season in the Premier League, scoring 12 times, and that included his fair share of free-kicks.

And the one against Manchester United was arguably the best of the lot.

The French international scored many free-kicks last season, including a special one in the FA Cup against Blackburn Rovers, as well as in the Premier League against Bournemouth and Crystal Palace, but to produce a moment of magic at Old Trafford was something extraordinary.

Payet was all of 30 yards out when he stepped up and struck a sensational effort in off the post past the outstretched David de Gea in their FA Cup tie, giving West Ham the lead on the day.

It was absolutely brilliant – the combination of pace to beat a top keeper as well as accuracy to get it out of his reach is something only few can do, and Payet is one of those.

Dimitri Payet vs Middlesbrough (October 1)

West Ham have been disappointing for much of this season, and Payet himself hasn’t always carried the same attacking threat as he did for much of last season.

However, his solo goal against Middlesbrough was of the highest quality.

The Hammers were 1-0 down to Aitor Karanka’s men and looked set to lose their sixth game in seven matches, but Payet set about changing that.

The French international picked the ball up down the right, and got the better of Antonio Barragan before advancing towards goal.

And, after getting past Marten de Roon with relative ease, Payet was bearing down on goal, before jinxing through the Boro defence with a few stepovers to open up a shooting opportunity, where he then fired past Victor Valdes.