West Ham midfielder Ward-Prowse: Aston Villa defeat a wake-up call

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23 Oct 2023 • 2:20 AM MYT
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West Ham midfielder James Ward-Prowse says they'll move on quickly from defeat at Aston Villa.

West Ham were thumped 4-1 at Villa Park, though Ward-Prowse insists the game was closer than the scoreline suggests.

He said: "I think it was an entertaining match for the neutral. We had a few chances in the first half in certain moments and a few individual errors. We know collectively as team we can do a lot better than that.

"Just a bad day and one that we go away now and reflect on and become hard to beat again. It's in West Ham's DNA, that ability to not be beaten easily.

"There's so many games in the season. It's important that you don't dwell on it but we will have a good look at what went wrong and make sure we show a reaction in the next game."

On climbing up the table, Ward-Prowse added: "This club wants to be in [the top 6] of the table, challenging. I think today is a good realisation of what it takes to be at that level.

"As long as we come away from this knowing what needs to be done to get in there, it will be a valuable day come the end of the season if we learn from it."