Julen Lopetegui feels hard done by after West Ham’s thrashing against Manchester City.

Although there were some positive signs, Manchester City were the only side that looked like winning the game on Saturday. West Ham may have had more chances, but they didn’t come close to taking many of them.

The defeat means Julen Lopetegui now has a worse win percentage than Avram Grant, but he feels like his side were extremely unlucky against City. “It’s tough for me to explain the score,” the manager said.

“It’s true that we did a lot of good things. In my opinion, in the first half, we overcame a lot of things, but we didn’t take advantage of our good things and positive things.”

“But the first goal was very, very unlucky. It was not about one moment when they dominated us or they had clear chances. It was one moment when it was one rebound [off Coufal’s boot into the net] and it was very unlucky for us.”

“There was another key moment when Crysencio Summerville regained the ball in a very clear press and the referee whistled for a foul, but it was not at foul. It was very clear and had a very good press. It was a very clear chance for us, a one-on-one with the ‘keeper.”

“So, when all the key moments work against you, against this kind of opponent, normally you are going to lose, but that’s why it’s not easy for me to explain the match. “

“We had double the number of shots that Manchester City had, and that’s why it’s not easy to explain the score,” he claimed

“We have to keep the positive things, knowing that the little details we have to improve. We have to improve to be more consistent in both boxes and in the moment when you don’t take advantage and score yourself, you have to avoid above all conceding the second and third goals.”

“There were no goals when they dominated us and they had very clear chances. That’s why in these little details and individual actions we can and we have to do better.”

Unfortunately for him, losing to a team that’s in as poor form as City are 4-1 is absolutely unacceptable. Whether or not we should’ve scored more doesn’t matter when we didn’t. The opposition’s goals came far too easy and it’s another game where the lack of a solid defensive set up was clear for all to see.