Overview

• West Ham led through Lucas Paqueta before conceding five at the London Stadium, with boos greeting the team at half-time and full-time.
• Graham Potter accepted responsibility for the result, reiterated belief in his ability, and defended his players’ commitment.
• The team has lost roughly half its matches since Potter’s January appointment, with only two wins in ten home games and eight goals conceded in the first two league fixtures.
• Potter has criticised past recruitment and rejected the idea that a big outlay would fix problems, identifying a need for a defender and a central midfielder while working within spending limits after Mohammed Kudus’s sale.
• He has brought in a sports psychologist, James Bell, to support the squad, and West Ham now seek a lift in Tuesday’s Carabao Cup tie at Wolves.