Premier League
Sep 30, 2017 3.00pm
1
0
HT : 0 0
FT
  • Cheikhou Kouyate 55' yellowcard
  • Andy Carroll 55' yellowcard
  • Diafra Sakho 89' goal
  • Diafra Sakho 91' yellowcard
  • yellowcard Renato Sanches 30'
  • yellowcard Leon Britton 49'

Joe Hart: "I was not high quality"

Joe Hart: "I was not high quality"

West Ham United keeper Joe Hart has admitted that his performance was "not high quality" in his side's 1-0 win over Swansea City today.

The home support were particularly vocal with their frustrations at the London Stadium this afternoon following a start to the season that had seen the Hammers collect just four points from the first 18 on offer.

Slaven Bilic's side left it late to add three more to that tally as substitute Diafra Sakho made the most of Arthur Masuaku's cross to nab a winner in the last minute of normal time.

"We are relieved of course," Hart told reporters afterwards. "It was a difficult strange game that understandably won't get much airplay.

"It was a difficult atmosphere in some ways. I'm never going to criticise the fans, they come here and pay their money and have a right to their opinion. It was not a high-quality performance, I was not high quality today.

"We have to focus on the win. We have had seven points since the international break.

"It is on all of us to take the pressure off. We don't get sucked into the speculation [about Bilic's position], we just stuck together and fight hard."

Next up for the Hammers is a trip to Burnley after the international break.

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