Sunday 26 October 2014 10:53, UK
Sam Allardyce felt his West Ham side 'terrorised' Manchester City's defence as they secured a shock a 2-1 victory at Upton Park.
The Irons, who had climbed into the top four, took a deserved lead through Morgan Amalfitano before Diafra Sakho's sixth goal in as many league starts made it 2-0.
David Silva hit back immediately to set up a grandstand finale, but the home side held on to the delight of the East End natives.
They have now beaten Liverpool, QPR and City in their last three home games which pleased Allardyce.
"There was no doubt that was the best of our three home wins," Allardyce told the official West Ham website.
The performance was the best of the lot as well, because the quality of the opposition we played makes it the best performance we did this season.
"The performance was the best of the lot as well, because the quality of the opposition we played makes it the best performance we did this season.
"I think the difficulties we had to cope with in the closing stages meant this was a magnificent effort by the players. Watching the TV before the game, they put up the top scorers in Europe and (Sergio) Aguero and (Edin) Dzeko were both up there, and neither of those two have scored. That's the big contribution from a defensive point of view.
"Attacking-wise, it was about maximising our chances and we certainly maximised our possession for the amount of chances we created against a Manchester City side who are the current champions.
"If you look at the possession stats and can't believe that Man City lost, if you look at the chances we created against the chances City did you can see why we caused them lots of problems and ended up winning the game.
"We terrorised their defence whenever we got the chance.
"We have to keep our feet on the ground and ask ourselves 'Can we get better than we already are?' - that's our ultimate challenge. For me, the ultimate challenge is not to see any complacency slip in and them thinking 'We've done it all'.
"We will not do anything unless we continue to work as hard as we've done for the whole of this season."
