West Ham midfielder Declan Rice admits they had to win "ugly" against Leeds United last night.
Despite seeing off Leeds, West Ham skipper and England international Rice admitted he was disappointed with his side's performance.
Rise told Sky Sports following the final whistle: "Once that first goal came, we settled down and I think now we're starting to learn to win ugly.
"We didn't play the best, but we're grinding out those results, we've got a real solidity about us and long may that continue."
Rice has admitted that West Ham had in fact played much better during their narrow defeat at Manchester City last weekend.
"Speaking honestly, I'm disappointed with the performance," he added. "Yes, we've won 2-0, we scored two goals, but if you compare the two performances where we played Manchester City last week and we've played Leeds here tonight, at Manchester City, we were brave, we took the ball, played well, had loads of chances, a real performance.
"Tonight, Leeds caused us problems. The first 10, they came out really, really sharp, two disallowed goals and as players on the pitch, you need to wake yourself up and get yourself into the game."
