Saturday 19 November 2016 21:51, UK
West Ham manager Slaven Bilic says Saturday evening's defeat to Tottenham is 'difficult to take' after two late goals saw his side lose 3-2.
The Hammers had taken a first-half lead at White Hart Lane thanks to another header from Michail Antonio but Harry Winks drew Tottenham level six minutes after the break on his first Premier League start.
The east London side went ahead again in the 67th minute after Manuel Lanzini netted from the spot and looked to be heading for a vital three points.
But Tottenham and Harry Kane had other ideas, with the striker netting his first in the 89th minute before putting the hosts ahead with a penalty in the first minute of added time to inflict defeat on West Ham.
"You can imagine it's very difficult to take this kind of defeat in a derby when there are four minutes to go and you're a goal up and you're thinking about killing the game," he said.
"We had really good opportunities to kill the game off but unfortunately it wasn't to be. For the penalty, Son did a really good move and our player went down a little bit too quickly.
"Our penalty, to be fair, I didn't see. All I have seen is their penalty after the game and it was a penalty, it was a very clever move from Son. The foul from Reid is a big blow, because he was excellent."
Next up for West Ham is an away double header with Manchester United in the Premier League followed by the EFL Cup before league meetings with Arsenal and Liverpool.
"We have a tough schedule but we showed we can put in a really good performance," he added. "We played well today. It would have been important to win this game, but there were a lot of positives. We don't have to be afraid of any of the teams coming up in our fixture list."
