Cheikhou Kouyate backs West Ham to respond against West Brom after Tottenham defeat

Cheikhou Kouyate has backed West Ham to respond after their defeat at Tottenham

CHEIKHOU KOUYATE has backed West Ham to respond positively to the biggest setback of Slaven Bilic's regime.

 

A week ago, the Hammers lost 4-1 to London rivals Tottenham at White Hart Lane.

It was their heaviest defeat for more than nine months and by far the worst performance since Croatian Bilic took over as manager. This afternoon, West Ham face West Brom at Upton Park knowing that only a win will enable them to keep pace with the Premier League's top four.

Senegal international Kouyate, 25, said: "Last Sunday was not a good day for us. It was a match we obviously didn't want to lose.

 

"We were all very frustrated with the result, the coach included. It wasn't just the fact that we lost but the way that we played. We were very disappointed.

"We didn't really show up on the day but now it is up to us to work very hard. We need to look at ourselves, look at what went wrong and do everything we can to get back to good form.

"We have to prepare ourselves very well for West Brom and do everything we can to get the three points."