West Ham boss explains key to shock wins at Arsenal, Liverpool and Man City

Slaven Bilic says West Ham fully deserved all three points over Manchester City

SLAVEN BILIC says West Ham's fighting spirit until the final whistle has been key to away wins at Arsenal, Liverpool and now Manchester City.

 

The Hammers withstood a barrage of second-half pressure to condemn City to their first defeat of the Premier League season at the Etihad tonight.

Goals from Victor Moses and Diafra Sakho got the Hammers off to a flying start and they held on for a 2-1 triumph after Kevin De Bruyne pulled one back.

It was another notable away victory for Bilic's West Ham after securing wins at Arsenal and Liverpool in August.

 

He told Sky Sports: "You need a bit about you if you want to score two goals here, or two goals at the Emirates or three at Anfield.

"You’ve got no chance unless you sprint until the end of the game. We deserved it, considering the way we played in the first half and fought in the second.

"But this was hard - City pressed us and City were the better team in the second half. At the end of the day, when we could keep the ball or have a breather we did that.

"We deserved the win, because we scored twice in the first half and played really well, from the goalkeeper to the striker.

"We were not down at half time having conceded, because we were still winning the game. 

"We knew the key would be to be able to keep the ball, because they would throw it at us. We have creative players who can exploit the spaces behind their defenders."