David Moyes admits his much-changed West Ham United defence struggled to cope with the presence of Che Adams during Sunday’s 1-1 Premier League draw with Southampton at St Mary’s, speaking to the Hammers website.
The ever-vigorous Adams would have been licking his lips at the idea of facing off against Ben Johnson and Thilo Kehrer, a new-look center-half combo pushed into the deep end by necessity and circumstance, with Craig Dawson injured and Kurt Zouma unwell.
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Although the Scotland international for Southampton was unable to register a goal, he still caused enough trouble to warrant a mention from Moyes after a tense 1-1 draw on the banks of the Solent.
“I wouldn’t say that we didn’t start well. We started quite well, but we allowed them into the game a little bit,” Moyes reflects.
“We allowed Adams to bully us. But today was a day when we didn’t have any real central defenders in the game. (This) gave them a chance to get up the pitch quite quickly and get second balls.”
“We’re not going to get it completely right all the time,” Moyes adds. “But we are trying.
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“Today, not having any centre-halves in the team probably cost us the game. Because we didn’t have enough toughness at times in the game when they got it up to Adams in the early part. We weren’t physical enough and they got a goal from it.”
In their last eight games, West Ham have only suffered just one defeat.
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