Source: PA
Parker plays down injury scare
Scott Parker played down his latest heroics for West Ham this season, despite being unable to walk 24 hours before inspiring them to arguably their best performance of the campaign.
Parker turned in another man-of-the-match display in Sunday's 3-1 win over Liverpool, helping lift the Hammers back off the foot of the Barclays Premier League.
The 30-year-old's contribution was all the more remarkable as it came just three hours after manager Avram Grant had resigned himself to being without his talismanic midfielder, who fell on his shoulder during training on Saturday.
But Parker made light of an injury that initially left him unable to move and required intensive treatment and a pain-killing injection in order for him to be able to play. "It's not too bad," he said. "Got a bit of treatment on it and I got through the game, so it was fine."
Grant lavished praise on Parker for his utter commitment to the Hammers' relegation fight. But the player added: "It was just a little bit of a knock and that was it, really. Anybody else would have done exactly the same."
The former Chelsea midfielder was also modest about his latest man-of-the-match gong, saying: "It's obviously going well for me personally."
