Sunday 3 April 2016 16:28, UK
Aaron Cresswell has labelled West Ham team-mate Dimitri Payet as the best set-piece taker in the world.
On Saturday, Payet scored a sensational 20-yard free-kick to put West Ham in front against Crystal Palace, but his strike was not enough to claim victory with the visitors pegging the Hammers back to claim a 2-2 draw at the Boleyn Ground.
The 29-year-old's growing reputation as a dead-ball specialist was enhanced earlier this week when he struck a stunning 30-yard free-kick for France in their 4-2 international friendly victory over Russia.
Those strikes, coupled with Payet's other free-kick goals in the recent FA Cup matches against Blackburn Rovers and Manchester United, has left Cresswell in no doubt about the midfielder's ability from dead-ball situations.
"I will put Dimi up there as the best free-kick taker in the world at the moment. I was standing right behind him and the ball looked destined for the top corner," the left-back told the club's official website.
"Nobes [Mark Noble] came over to him and gave him a little heads-up, but he has put it in the top corner once again and hopefully he can keep doing that for us. I will gladly sit behind him and keep watching him strike balls like that.
"I am not sure he will want to watch his first free-kick back but he has now scored five or six in the top corner and as everyone saw in world football the other day, he scored another one for France which was a ridiculous one and he has now put one in the opposite corner.
"As a keeper you can only applaud someone like that and long may it continue if he can keep scoring goals like that."
