West Ham boss David Moyes was left frustrated after their 4-3 defeat to Crystal Palace.
The Hammers lost in the early kickoff today, with Moyes feeling they started too slowly.
Moyes said, "Overall our performance didn't warrant us getting much out of the game.
"I was hoping we'd get a point in the end but I didn't think we played well enough. My teams don't defend the way we defended today and that would be the key message really.
"We didn't look as though we got to grips with the game right away.
"We lost a lot of first balls, we lost a lot of second balls, I nearly felt that every ball in midfield went to them and we never picked anything up.
"They kept the pressure on us and we didn't deal with that part of the game well enough. That's the reason why we didn't take anything out of it.
"Taking this game in isolation, we had to play on Wednesday and Palace played on Tuesday, which gives them a little bit of a lead in an early kick-off.
"I don't want to use it as an excuse but it's certainly a reason why we've maybe not been at our best today."
Moyes also said: "You can't question the players' spirit at all to try and get back in the game.
"I've told the players that after the game, I can never question their professionalism or their work. They do try, maybe we're lacking a bit of quality at the moment, or confidence in bits of our passing, or how we play out of the back.
"We have to get that confidence and keep it. Some of our results recently have made us feel good, but today we didn't do any of the basic things well."
