Allardyce offers no excuses after Leeds lose at West Ham: Only ourselves to blame

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21 May 2023 • 11:15 PM MYT
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Leeds boss Sam Allardyce admits they're floored after their 3-1 defeat at West Ham.

The Hammers were behind to Rodrigo's Leeds opener before goals from Rice, Jarrod Bowen and Manuel Lanzini secured the win.

Allardyce later said: "Obviously very disappointing. There were lots of things that suggested we had opportunities to get three points in the first half but unfortunately failings in the final third let us down.

"The second half was a bit of a battle, a bit of a struggle and then whatever we tried in terms of changes didn't improve the situation for us.

"First half opportunities galore but not enough quality. Second half we needed to defend better and wait for our opportunities to take but unfortunately that wasn't the case. The West Ham players showed better ability in the final third than we did.

"We have to look at ourselves and say if we do win next week and do miraculously stay in the league, we have a long way to go in terms of quality for the squad. The first XI really show up there but when we need that squad these days they haven't quite shown the impact in the short period of time. I may be being unkind to them but it is only what my very experienced eyes are seeing at the moment,.

"We have to keep going, we have to lift the spirits for next week, they have to accept the criticism, it is constructive criticism. We should show a bit more of what we did against Newcastle and perhaps get a win because Tottenham are not the best at the moment, so we will try and take advantage of that.

"We only have ourselves to blame. We are responsible and we have to lift everyone up to give that last performance in front of our own crowd."