Henri Lansbury toasted his move to West Ham United with a dream display for England Under-21s on Thursday.
The Hammers midfielder joined on loan from Arsenal on transfer deadline day and then lined up for the Young Lions for the start of UEFA European U21 Championship qualifying. Lansbury was the star man, scoring twice and making the first and last goals in a 6-0 victory against Azerbaijan at Watford.
His first goal was the pick of the bunch, a superbly-executed overhead kick on 21 minutes. England were already one-up at that point with Lansbury's corner picking out Craig Dawson to head in. Jordan Henderson made it three on the stroke of half-time before Lansbury added the fourth on 73 minutes with a powerful finish.
The scoring continued through Martyn Waghorn as the game entered its closing stages but it was Lansbury who was announced to the Vicarage Road crowd as man of the match before making a second for Dawson in identical fashion to the first on 90 minutes.
Lansbury said: "It is a great start, we have had a great few days training with the lads. I didn't think [the overhead kick] was going in at first but I'll take it!
"There is a lot of talent here. We showed that in the qualifiers last time as well but hopefully we can do better. It is not an easy group, every international is hard so we have to go into each game and give our all."
Speaking for the first time about his move to the Boleyn, he added: "I am looking forward to it. I met Big Sam yesterday and hopefully I can carry on what I've shown tonight."
ESPN analyst Martin Keown was among those heaping praise on the Hammers' new No22.
"What has impressed me his is footballing intelligence," he said. " Lansbury is able to identify what's on at will. He has been very impressive and is the glue in this England team holding it all together ... Sam Allardyce has done a good bit of business."
Still only 20, Lansbury could figure for England again on Monday night when they welcome 2013 EURO hosts Israel to Barnsley's Oakwell. He is then due to report to Chadwell Heath on Tuesday to meet his new West Ham United team-mates for the first time.