West Ham boss Moyes: Fulham deserve a bit of praise; Antonio not serious

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7 Feb 2021 • 7:46 AM MYT
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West Ham boss David Moyes was left frustrated after their 0-0 draw at Fulham.

Moyes admits they were flat for the stalemate, which also saw Tomas Soucek sent off late on.

He said, "We didn't play well and I couldn't put my finger on it because the players came into the game with really good confidence and I felt that we were in good shape leading into the game.

"Maybe we have to give Fulham a bit of praise for the way they played. They are fighting for their lives and we've been in that situation ourselves and they made it hard for us tonight.

"We showed a bit of resilience and stuck to it.

"I don't know if, at the start of the week I'd have taken four points but, when we got three [at Aston Villa], I wanted to come here and pick up another three.

"We take what we can, we keep moving on and keep trying to pick up the points."

On an injury for Michail Antonio, Moyes said: "I don't think it's anything serious for Michail Antonio. I think he just felt as if he was beginning to fatigue.

"[It wasn't fatigue that was a reason for our performance], I just felt that our more creative players didn't create tonight, whereas they did do in midweek.

"We tried to keep ploughing away and we stuck at it, but our football wasn't good tonight.

"I didn't like our football, but I'll take the clean sheet and move on with that."