Nuno Espirito Santo believes West Ham had been unfortunate to not go away Previous Trafford with a win after coming from behind to attract 1-1 with Manchester United.
Soungoutou Magassa’s 83rd-minute equaliser salvaged West Ham some extent after Diogo Dalot had put the hosts in entrance shortly earlier than the hour.
Since Nuno’s first league recreation accountable for the Hammers on September 29, solely Aston Villa (9) have received extra factors from dropping positions than West Ham’s eight within the top-flight.
Nuno continues to be ready for his first away win accountable for the membership, with West Ham’s final highway victory coming towards Nottingham Forest when the 51-year-old was in cost in August.
Nevertheless, a powerful comeback that ensured they didn’t go away Manchester empty-handed left him feeling optimistic about their current progress.
“We ought to be pleased with the work of the boys. They work actually arduous to include Man Utd,” he advised Sky Sports activities. “We went for the sport. The boys labored actually arduous. We now have to be glad.
“I used to be comfortable [when the equaliser went in]. I used to be very, very comfortable as a result of I feel we had been on prime of the sport in that second; we had momentum.
“It’s an necessary outcome as a result of it’s a troublesome place to come back. We’re proud that we achieved one thing. It may have been three [points]. I felt we had good momentum – Man Utd, after all, additionally had some possibilities.
“Nevertheless it doesn’t change something. We’re constructing, all the time on the lookout for a greater efficiency. We’ll get better quicker for Brighton. When now we have a superb outcome, a superb efficiency, the legs get better quicker. So, we’re going to have a troublesome match on Sunday, however with a greater restoration.”
It was Magassa’s first objective for West Ham, and he turned the 179th totally different participant to attain a Premier League objective for the membership (excluding personal objectives). No aspect has extra totally different goalscorers within the competitors’s historical past (stage with Tottenham).
He had additionally missed an opportunity earlier within the second half when the rating was 0-0, firing his effort from the correct into the aspect netting.
Although West Ham failed to maneuver out of the relegation zone – they’re two factors behind Seventeenth-place Leeds United – Magassa feels this was an important level.
“The sensation is superb,” he advised Sky Sports activities. “We performed a superb recreation as a staff.
“All of us struggle for everybody. I’m comfortable to attain my first objective within the Premier League.
“It was an excellent level, an necessary level for the staff within the championship, and we’ve obtained to struggle. I need to play, to present my finest for the followers, the membership, the coach and my team-mates, and I need to proceed like that.”
