Stoke 0-3 West Ham: David Moyes feels it should have been more
Saturday 16 December 2017 20:44, UK
David Moyes hailed West Ham's performance in West Ham's 3-0 win at Stoke, but insisted his side, especially Mark Arnautovic, should have scored more goals.
West Ham came into the match on the back of a victory over Chelsea last weekend, and then a 1-1 draw with Arsenal, but stepped up once more to comfortably sweep Stoke aside.
A penalty from Mark Noble, then goals from the returning Marko Arnautovic and Diafra Sakho, made sure of the three points that moved West Ham out of the relegation zone. Moyes, however, feels the margin of victory could have been even more comprehensive.
"If you think about the games we have had and the performances we have needed, we were always a bit worried about the energy," Moyes said.
"We had a day less to recover after the Arsenal game, but we did the basics well, defended well, and on another day we should have had more.
"I told him [Arnautovic] at half-time I was annoyed with him, he should have scored two. I told him if he kept up he'd score in the second half. He probably had three or four chances and should have come away with the matchball.
"He's beginning to become a really important player for us. I'd still like to get him up to even higher levels but his work-rate has been phenomenal."
"It was just a really good performance and three really good goals.
The decision to award Stoke an early penalty at the bet365 Stadium really irked the Stoke players, who believed Manuel Lanzini had gone down too easily. Moyes does not share the sentiment, though.
"I thought the defender gave the referee a decision to make," Moyes added. "I think Manu [Lanzini] has run about 60 or 70 yards with it.
"I think he is just going down with fatigue. I don't think he has done anything wrong."
