David Moyes has condemned West Ham’s defending in opposition to Arsenal, labeling it as ‘atrocious’.
The Hammers endured a torrid afternoon in opposition to the Gunners through which they fell to a 6-0 hammering by the hands of Mikel Arteta’s facet.
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4 targets earlier than half-time put the sport firmly to mattress for Arsenal, earlier than Declan Rice’s beautiful strike in opposition to his former membership confirmed West Ham’s distress.
Whereas the Hammers nonetheless sit within the Premier League’s prime eight, Moyes didn’t maintain again after the sport when analysing his facet’s defending.
Talking to talkSPORT, Moyes stated: “We’ve been sixth lately for some time however the competitors is admittedly powerful.
“Isn’t it nice that during the last couple of years we’ve had a yr the place we end sixth, a yr the place we completed seventh? Final yr wasn’t so good however we’ve been again up in sixth once more.
“It’s proven that there’s a degree of some form of consistency however I can’t bear in mind a lot of my West Ham groups taking part in as poorly defensively as we did in the present day.”
Requested if it was the character of their defending that dissatisfied him most, Moyes stated: “Yeah. All of these issues have been atrocious from our perspective and simply not sufficient combat, no dedication in a number of the actions.
“We would have liked to be stronger in set items and also you don’t flip your again on when he’s about to shoot – all of these actions are the form of stuff you get introduced up with from being a younger participant.
“At present we acted not in a great way with these alternatives the place we should always have defended a lot better.”
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Requested if the gamers are hurting as a lot because the followers, he added: “I do. I believe that they know.
“We’ve in all probability received nearly as good a squad as we’ve had right here, however all the opposite groups we’ve had would by no means let themselves be overwhelmed the best way they have been in the present day, so all people has to select themselves up together with the employees, now we have to do it as properly and prepare for what’s subsequent.”
