We all knew that a defeat today - after four successive losses since he took over - would have been a disaster, probably a moment at which we'd have looked at each other, shrugged and whispered that maybe relegation was now inevitable.

It's why Laws' programme message was "keep believing". And we did. Even during the ten, horrible final minutes after West Ham pulled one back to make it 2-1, and even during the even more horrible five - the officials were definitely on Old Trafford Fergie time - added minutes, in the first of which we were saved by the width of a post when Mido should have scored.

We kept believing, kept roaring our support and our appreciation of the way we played, and that final whistle eruption was a great reward all round.

There are moments and MOMENTS in matches and of course the most important moments are goals. But for me the real MOMENT today was a first-half goal-line clearance by Leon Cort, one of the seven signings Brian Laws has made, and who had his second successive great game alongside Clarke Carlisle at the back.

The two of them won everything in the air, their distribution was good, but Cort's clearance was breathtaking. Benni McCarthy was through on goal after a sustained period of West Ham pressure. He rolled the ball towards the net. I watched the subs on the West Ham bench rise up to celebrate but somehow Cort got there and cleared it away.