West Ham boss David Moyes found plenty of positives in defeat at Liverpool.
Sadio Mane's finish in the 27th minute at Anfield was enough to secure the three points for the Reds in the Premier League contest.
Moyes said, "I'm happier today than I was in midweek.
"We lost the game again, but at least today I can take it. I said in midweek that we lacked quality in and around the box and today I don't think it was the case that we lacked in quality, because I thought Micky Antonio played really well today. But we've got to start taking the opportunities and chances, we really have.
"We had chances – Pablo had a great opportunity in the first half, Jarrod in the second half, Lanzini, Micky himself. Saïd Benrahma had opportunities to set us up for goals and didn't make it happen. We can only blame ourselves for that, but it was a much better performance.
"We've come here a couple of times now and played quite well.
"We've got close and we beat Liverpool at home this season, but the form Liverpool are in and the way they play – they've beaten Inter Milan and Chelsea in a final... we didn't get a win today, but we did play well.
"Good performances lead to good results in the main.
"I thought today's was a good performance, so if we can keep the standard up... and there are signs that our football is beginning to come back playing a bit better.
"Mark Noble was terrific today when he came on, and we've played well here without Declan Rice. People continue to tell us that we might be a one-man team, but today we've certainly proved that we're not.
"I can't really tell you anything more about Dec's illness other than he felt unwell late on Thursday night into Friday morning and just didn't feel well, so he wasn't with us.
"Jarrod looks as though he has got an injury to his heel somewhere. My worry is that he couldn't bear any weight on it, so that's a concern for me, as it would be a huge miss to be without Jarrod because he's been so important for us."
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