Terry Westley was pleased by Nathan Trott and his West Ham United teammates performance in terms of possession and chances created, despite being beaten 3-0 away to Brighton and Hove Albion in Premier League 2.
West Ham were aiming for three successive victories in the league, but came unstuck on the south coast, despite dominating possession and shots on goal.
A double from Aaron Connolly and an unfortunate Declan Rice own goal made it a frustrating evening for Westley’s men.
“It was a tough night and we haven’t had many this season,” Westley declared. “In many ways, we did good things. We dominated large parts of the game, first half was 60-40% possession to us and in the second half we had 70-30%. We had more shots, more corners, more crosses. But in both boxes we weren’t quite good enough.
"We got caught with a long ball down the pitch for the first goal and then it became a real challenge at half time. I said to the boys, if you’re as good as what we believe, as a team and individually, you’ll rev it up now and pull it back.
“Then there was an own goal and their player put a great cross in for the third goal, but we still had lots of chances to get back into the game. It was one of those frustrating, horrible nights where in both boxes we haven’t quite done well enough.
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