David Moyes was disappointed to see his West Ham United side leave Wolverhampton Wanderers with a narrow 1-0 Premier League defeat on Saturday.
The Hammers had chances to take the lead but saw Daniel Podence settle a cagey affair at Molineux – the Wolves No10 netted the only goal of the game three minutes into the second half.
That strike saw the Irons extend their winless run in the league to seven games, as despite their best efforts they could not find their way back into the game after the Portgual forward found the net.
Moyes rued his side being on the wrong end of small margins, as a failure to convert chances proved to be the Hammers’ undoing.
I think we could have taken more out of the game.
We probably should have but ultimately we are not clinical enough in the final third. We did a decent job and we played much better in the second half than we had in the first half.
But overall, I could not fault the players for their effort, we might fault them for the real quality we needed to get the goal.
We should have done better on the counter-attack [for Wolves' goal] as we were the ones with the corner.
And then they scored on the break, which is not good enough from our point of view.
Even that took a deflection off Aaron Cresswell and goes into Podence’s path to finish. Those small bits that you need to break for you, did not go for us today. And then, we had opportunities, we had chances with some headers, with crosses coming to the box but we never made them count.
It’s what we have been saying a lot this season, I don’t think we have been playing terribly badly.
But we have not been able to turn our good play [into goals]. We have not been able [to finish our chances].
The players from our point of view have been great. But because of the standards we have set, the expectations we have set, it does not feel good.
We need the supporters to stick with us.
I know they have been used to a lot better over the last years. If ever we need them it is now. We need all the supporters to stand up and be counted and help us now.
