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West Ham’s head, Graham Potter, admitted that “he needs to do better” as the pressure on him was mounted after the 5-1 hammer tonight at home to Chelsea.
Potter’s team was abject by losing 3-0 in Sunderland last weekend, but it could be said that it was even worse in the London stadium, capitulating defensively after leading the early attack by Lucas Paya.
Chelsea, despite seeing Cole Palmer lost after suffering an injury in the groin in the warm -up, responded to Joao Pedro before the goals of Pedro Neto, Enzo Fernández, Moises Caicedo and Trovoh Chalobah changed the game.
Local fans showed their frustration by leaving early or booing and Potter acknowledged that it was in it to change the situation.
He said: “I am the chief coach and I am responsible for the team and the team does not work as well as we would like and the results are not what we want. We need to get more out of the players and that is my job.
“It is a collective (responsibility). As much as it is good to point out the fingers and blame people, we all have to do better. There is no one throwing anyone under the bus here.”
Potter abused by West Ham fans
Potter was subjected to abuse of local fans while heading to the locker room after the game. He added: “I cannot control what people say or do, everyone is entitled to their opinions, I have to do better and we have to do better.
“You are under pressure all the time. I am aware of my responsibilities and I know what the game is like.”
Potter added Sky Sports: “A difficult night for us, of course. Pleasantly disappointed with the result. With the form of the objectives, we admit after starting the game well. Too cheap, I think that against a superior team, we have to say that, to admit the objectives in the way we have is an impossible task.
“As I said, the objectives change the games. The objectives affect things too much, and when they are cheap, like the ones we give, we have to do better. Until you can solve that, it is always difficult in the Premier League, especially against the best teams. We have to improve a lot.
‘When you grant the objectives in the way we have, it makes it difficult. The time of them too. The fine margins again, but, nevertheless, in the course of the game, you put yourself in a position in which if you open too much and press too much, you can spend. But at the same time, we are at home and need to create some pressure and try to climb to the front foot and create some mistakes, so it was a difficult night for us. “
Bowen angry after a strong defeat
Captain Jarrod Bowen cut an angry figure when asked how he felt after the game.
“I think you can probably imagine. Hume. Disappointing. All the emotions that entails being thoroughly granting eight goals in two games and not resuming a point yet,” he said.
“I think we got into a really good position in 1-0 and then I thought that the objectives were really cheap in our name. We really did not work for those three pieces of set, which we have always proud over the years and a couple more in the six-yard box. We gave it the objectives and we have done it against any opposition and we have learned that last week and here last week and here tonight.” “
Estevao shines for Chelsea
Although West Ham was abject, it was a good exhibition of Chelsea with Estevao Willian, 18, sizzling as Palmer’s replacement, despite being guilty of the objective of opening the hosts.
Blues Chief Enzo Maresca said: “He needs to adapt, he needs to make many mistakes to understand how the Premier League is different in Brazil. We grant after making the film, he needs to understand, but he is a fantastic player.”
In Palmer, Maresca suggested that it was nothing too serious, and added: “In the last four or five days it was not 100 percent. In warming he felt something and we didn’t want to run the risk of getting worse.”
