How the West Ham dressing room reacted after Everton dent Champions League hopes

West Ham’s Champions League hopes had been dealt a blow on Sunday afternoon following a 1-0 defeat to Everton at the London Stadium.

The Hammers didn’t appear like a facet with prime 4 ambitions, with Jordan Pickford in the Everton aim left with no shot heading in the right direction to save lots of.

Despite this West Ham supervisor David Moyes thought his facet did sufficient to earn no less than some extent from the sport.

“I do not assume we deserved to lose immediately so we now have to try to choose it up and get the subsequent win below our belts as rapidly as we are able to,” Moyes mentioned after the match.

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Jesse Lingard agreed together with his supervisor that the Hammers had been on prime and didn’t get what he thought was a good reward for his or her efforts.

“It was irritating as we dominated the sport and it was a sloppy aim to concede,” he mentioned.

West Ham have simply three matches remaining this season and there’s no time to dwell on defeat and numerous Hammers gamers have posted on social media about their willpower to bounce again rapidly.

Vice-captain Declan Rice was not deemed match sufficient to begin and wrote after the defeat: “Still a lot to play for!

“Not the consequence we needed immediately however essential to remain optimistic and preserve working till the finish! Let’s go.”

Right-back Vladimir Coufal got here closest to a Hammers equaliser smashing a shot in opposition to the within the put up and the defender tweeted a easy message to the followers: “We won’t ever quit.”

Coufal’s worldwide teammate Tomas Soucek was one other to take to Twitter and share a message: “3 video games to go..

“We must do fast restoration a put together on final week and the most essential week of the season!![sic]”

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As Soucek pointed on the market are simply three matches to go and barring the impossible set of outcomes three wins would see West Ham qualify for European competitors subsequent season.

Moyes has beforehand talked down the new UEFA Europa Conference League and hopes that this season finishes with a minimal of Europa League soccer lined up for the subsequent marketing campaign.

“If I fall wanting that [Champions League qualification] then we’ll fall into the Europa League and that will likely be nice as properly, I hope we do not fall any shorter than that but when we do then we are able to nonetheless discuss having had a very good season,” he mentioned.

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Following the defeat Moyes as soon as once more harassed what a unbelievable accomplishment any European soccer could be for a workforce who had been in a relegation battle simply 12 months in the past.

“If we qualify for Europe it will likely be an unbelievable achievement it doesn’t matter what event we’re in as a result of it has been an excellent season and we hope we are able to preserve it going.”

Next up for the Hammers is a visit to face Brighton at the Amex Stadium, earlier than a conflict with already-relegated West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns and the go to of Southampton on the remaining day of the marketing campaign.

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