West Ham star discusses West Ham's mistakes on the opening goal
Coming on the back of two consecutive defeats against Chelsea and Liverpool, the Brentford match was a great opportunity for West Ham to put up an impressive performance and take a convincing win in the sixth Premier League matchday. However, West Ham saw themselves behind in the first minute with Brentford finding spaces behind the Hammers defence and Mbeumo scoring the opening goal with a quality finish. While the Hammers conceded early goals against Chelsea as well, they were expected to improve from their mistakes and try to keep a clean-sheet in this match.
Moreover, the home side had already scored quick goals against Tottenham Hotspurs as well as Manchester City in the Premier League, thus, Julen Lopetegui's side should have kept more defensive solidity in the first half. But that wasn't the case, and the early goal made it difficult for West Ham to comeback into this match in order to get an away win at Brentford. Although star midfielder Tomas Soucek scored the equalising goal for the Hammers, he wasn't satisfied with West Ham's performance, saying,
West Ham star discusses West Ham's mistakes on the opening goal
"We have to be embarrassed. We saw how they scored those two goals in the opening minute against Tottenham and Manchester City and they did it against us.
- Tomas Soucek
We all prepared very well for it and we still conceded. We had to chase the result for another 90 minutes."
West Ham focused on organising a reliable and rock solid defence this season, but have been unable to implement that due to regular defensive mistakes and misplaced passes this season. Further, key players such as Emerson Palmieri and Edson Alvarez have also not been great with their recent performances and thus, manager Lopetegui should make a few changes in his possession based tactics to focus on organising the West Ham defence.
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The Hammers will face newly promoted side Ipswich Town in the next fixture aiming to take a much needed win before the upcoming international break.
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