West Ham boss David Moyes wants to sign off for the year with a win against Southampton on Boxing Day.
Moyes is eager for the Irons to get back to winning ways.
He said, "We've had an excellent 2021 and we want to end it in the right way.
"We know we have to win the games. We're not going to finish high up if we don't win the games. We've got ourselves into a really strong position – probably a stronger position than we were at this time last season – so from that point of view we see it as a positive.
"Yes, we'd like to be challenging the team in third, to try and get that position, but at the moment we're trying to get back up to fourth.
"We'll use every opportunity to do so, but as you well know the season chops and changes as you go along. We've had a really good year and we want to finish it strongly to go into next year knowing we've got a team here who can compete, challenge and be as successful as we possibly can.
"We drew at Southampton earlier in the season and we know they will make things difficult for us.
"Southampton have been an interesting side this season. At times they have been capable of competing with the best teams and they've got a lot of good things there.
"I think Ralph [Hasenhüttl's] style is something he's implemented really well and Southampton, wherever they go, give teams difficult games."
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