David Moyes must have been watching a different game
West Ham 0 Fulham 2
Sometimes I really do wonder if David Moyes watches the same game as me. As far as I was concerned, the best team, Fulham, won at The London Stadium. Yes, Michail Antonio’s early chance was a crucial one, but as soon as Fulham scored their first goal, they were the better team.
However, the Hammers’ manager seems to be under the impression that his side were on top for large parts of the game. He also told the assembled media during his post-match press conference that West Ham had the better chances.
For the record, West Ham had 4 shots on target compared to The Cottagers’ 10, with Fabianski being the far busier keeper. It’s also worth noting that The Irons had a couple of very tame headers from Danny Ings, which were statistically classed as shots. Fulham were able to pass the ball into the back of the net, whilst the Hammers were reduced to desperate attempts. . . hardly better chances.
But the Hammers’ manager was defiant as he told reporters, “I thought we had the stronger part of the game for the best part of the first 20 to 25 minutes. As the game went on, we ran out of energy.”
West Ham v Fulham-David Moyes
David Moyes must have been watching a different game if he thought West Ham had the best chances
Moyes: We had an attacking team
Moyes continued, “Antonio’s early chance was a huge moment, but we were susceptible to a counter-attack as we had an attacking team trying to win, and it probably went against us in a way as we got done on the counter-attack today.
I’m really disappointed with the whole thing, but I felt as if we started the game relatively well, made chances, but didn’t take the moments when we got them. It just looked like a day where we looked as if we couldn’t take our chances. I genuinely think we had the chances, but we didn’t take them.”
It does make me wonder what chance West Ham have of bouncing back this season when the manager’s appraisal is so unreflective of how the game panned out.
