Slaven Bilic calls for West Ham response after 'very bad night' against Manchester City

Slaven Bilic admitted it was "a very bad night" for his West Ham side as they were beaten 5-0 by Manchester City in the FA Cup third round at the London Stadium.

Yaya Toure put the visitors in front from the penalty spot before a Havard Nordtveit own goal and a tap in for David Silva made it three before half time.

Sergio Aguero added a fourth early in the second period before John Stones' late header rounded off a night to forget for West Ham.

"It was a very bad night, it's hard to say anything positive," said Bilic. "We started well for half an hour until the penalty. The penalty looked a bit soft but it's hard to talk about that when you lose 5-0.

"Then in the crucial moments we had a great chance to equalise. But then we started to chase them on a big pitch which is very difficult to do against them.

"We gave them too much space and they scored two more goals. It was game over at half-time."

Bilic insisted that his side must not dwell on the defeat and has called for them to come out fighting, starting with their next Premier League game against Crystal Palace.

"We put a strong lineup out, a team we thought would have a really good chance and go through to the next round," he added.

"Unfortunately it wasn't good but now it's time for the team to show character.

"We've had a few defeats like that, let's say after the (5-1) Arsenal defeat we showed character and took 10 points from our next four games. Now is the time to do it again."