West Ham midfielder Mark Noble admits their last-minute victory over Aston Villa on Wednesday was one of the most emotional moments of his career.

Noble put the Hammers in front against Villa with a 45th minute penalty but Ashley Young levelled six minutes after half-time.

Substitute Zavon Hines fired the winner in injury time to lift the struggling side out of the bottom three.

It was their first home win in the league this season and Noble is now looking forward to Sunday's clash with Everton at Upton Park with renewed heart.

Noble, still only 23, is in line to make his 100th league outing against the Toffees.

"Wednesday was important," said Noble. "I can say the moments I have been through with this club that was emotionally one of the best moments I have had.

"It was so good to be involved with that. It was a really tough game, really tough, but in the end I thought we deserved it.

"The confidence is up for Everton. We will rest well, train well and hopefully the fans will turn up like they did against Villa. It will be fantastic if they get behind us and drive us on to another win.

"It was so emotionally charged because we needed the win so much. It was brilliant and now hopefully we can kick on. It is an unbelievable feeling when you score a goal like that. You just feel like crying.

"We kept going and going. The crowd were unbelievable when they got the equaliser they still cheered us and they didn't get on our backs. I thought that is what we need with the moment we are going through.

"I feel I have got a right to say that because I am a West Ham fan myself and I have been brought up round here. But I thought they were unbelievable and we won that game partly because of them."

The former England Under-21 captain kept his cool to score from the spot against Villa and after missing his previous penalty, he was determined to put it away.

"I missed my last penalty and I was gutted about that and I have been waiting that long to make up for it," added Noble.

"I thought 'I ain't making no mistake here. This is either going in the top corner or it is going in the stand'. Thankfully it went in the top corner."

West Ham are keeping an eye on the fitness of both Herita Ilunga and England striker Carlton Cole. They both collected hamstring injuries in the win over Villa.