David Moyes admitted West Ham’s poor begin to the season is a trigger for concern after they slumped to the foot of the Premier League.
Goals from Alexis Mac Allister and Leandro Trossard condemned West Ham to a 2-0 defeat at dwelling to bogey facet Brighton.
Mac Allister’s first-half penalty and Trossard’s breakaway purpose maintained Brighton’s unbeaten begin to the season and made it three defeats from three matches for the Hammers.
It is their worst begin to a season for 51 years and they’re additionally the one workforce in all 4 divisions but to attain a purpose.
“I am concerned, but also I’m having to bed people in,” mentioned Moyes, who began with £30million striker Gianluca Scamacca on the bench once more.
“We’ve not quite got everything in place. Hopefully our quality will show through in the coming weeks.
“Alarm bells is too strong. We finished seventh, then sixth, and we take positives from that. We’ve lost a wee bit. We need to get away from that position.
“Last year we were one of the top goalscorers. But we are struggling a bit for goals. We’re aware we are not as free-flowing as we have been.”
There are additionally issues on the again with Kurt Zouma and new signing Thilo Kehrer culpable for each objectives.
When Zouma gave the ball away upfield Trossard performed in Danny Welbeck, who was upended by Kehrer to concede the penalty.
“I slept on it, because I don’t think Thilo was ready to start the game,” added Moyes.
“He made the wrong decision to go to ground for the penalty kick. We gave the ball away terribly. They countered. Had he stayed on his feet, he would have probably seen it out.
“I probably wouldn’t have started Thilo if we’d been in a better place or had some other centre-halves available.”
Scamacca got here on after an hour, however 5 minutes later Brighton doubled their lead.
Mac Allister’s cross ahead discovered Pascal Gross, who held off Zouma whereas flicking the ball into the trail of Trossard for a neat end previous Lukasz Fabianski.
Leandro Trossard celebrates scoring the second purpose (John Walton/PA)
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West Ham have now performed the Seagulls 11 instances within the Premier League and never overwhelmed them as soon as.
“I’ve only been here three years so you can’t blame me completely for all of that,” smiled Brighton boss Graham Potter.
“I thought we played well, not perfectly, but it was not easy out there.
“We scored a goal at a good time and had enough control of the game to say we deserved to win.
“There’s no secret, it’s just a hard-working team. When we play well we can can compete.”
Striker Neal Maupay appeared to be on the verge of signing for Nottingham Forest final week, however he was among the many substitutes in east London.
“It sounded imminent last week, it’s less imminent now,” mentioned Potter. “That’s why he was in the squad. We’re happy to have him in the squad.”
Source: www.unbiased.co.uk
