West Ham boss David Moyes was happy to simply win at Fulham on Saturday.
An own goal from Harrison Reed proved the difference between the two teams.
Moyes said: "When you're in trouble, you need to find a way to get results and you need defenders who know how to do their jobs and know what their responsibilities and requirements are and I thought the boys did that really well today.
"Those defensive numbers tell me that the boys did their jobs, but also that we need to play better because I'm not hiding that fact.
"West Ham have been in this position and I've been in this position twice before as manager [after taking over in mid-season].
"When I came in as manager nobody was that bothered about how we played; they were only bothered about us getting the wins to make sure we were a Premier League club.
"We did it then and I'm sure we will do it this time as well."