West Ham’s manager believes his disappointment when reaching the dressing room after their 2-2 draw with Manchester City proves how well they played.
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“Aguero is back on form and for me he is definitely of the top five strikers in the world”, Bilic said. The individuals were only cherry on the pie and the pie was the team performance.
The Hammers nearly caught City cold early in the second half as good play down the right saw Mark Noble crossing for Antonio, who headed narrowly wide.
City boss Manuel Pellegrini hailed Aguero last week following his impressive display and outlined just how important he is to the team’s hopes of trophies this term.
City went even closer to finding the game’s third goal when Delph’s bouncing shot struck the foot of the post, before West Ham did score in unusual fashion on 56 minutes.
“The fact you don’t have a break has big impact on the spring period for the teams in the Premier League”.
Meanwhile Manuel Pellegrini’s visitors; who hammered Crystal Palace 4-0 at the Etihad Stadium last Saturday, boast a fellow contender for the Premier League’s best buy this season in Kevin De Bruyne, with the Belgium global scoring 11 and assisting 13 goals in all competitions since arriving from Wolfsburg. The Chilean’s Manchester City side are a point behind leaders Arsenal but have struggled for consistency this season – particularly away from home. “If the lose out in the last two or three games then, for me, that is not a failure”. I just don’t think they understand.
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“I think our mentality always is to be an attacking team”.
“That could have been avoided but you always want to play, especially for your country. Vincent Kompany needs a couple of weeks more”.
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“So I told him Manchester is ideal as a city because you stay home, you play every three days, we can eat and play football together”. West Ham created 10 chances on goal, in which two were successful by Valencia, and the other being a save by Joe Hart. But if you are disappointed after playing Man City then that’s good.
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He had a few updates on a lengthy injury list, with Fernandinho now available. “I must keep working in the same way and carrying on in the same vain to make sure that he doesn’t speak in a negative way about me”.
