Nuno Espirito Santo spoke about a 3-0 loss for West Ham against Brentford.
The Hammers had dented the morale of Tottenhamwith a late Callum Wilson strike that sealed three points against Evertonthe previous weekend, but they could not repeat the feat this time.
Michael Kayode crashed the back post to put pressure on Konstantinos Mavropanos and force the defender into an own goal that broke the deadlock. Valentin Castellanos smacked the post before a header was ruled out for offside, and an El Hadji Malick Diouf foul in the second half was fatal.
‘The penalty hurt us’
Igor Thiago tucked away an effort from the penalty spot, and Mikkel Damsgaard wrapped up the triumph with a shot later in the second half. To make matters worse for the visitors, Spurs secured three more points with a 2-1 victory over Aston Villa to jump back out of the relegation zone.
Reaction and what is next for the Hammers
There is still only one point between the two teams, and Espirito Santo called for fight after full time.
"I stand here honest to try to speak to you about what I saw. Brentford is a good team but the way we react and play the first half, hitting the post, having a goal disallowed for a tight margin, it gives us hope at half-time. But the penalty hurts us and after that is becomes an old situation with the rush.
"But it's up to us how we react from a tough loss today. [The penalty] it hurt us, it goes against what we wanted in the half-time talk. It's unfortunate we conceded from a penalty, it could be avoided.
"It's up to us how we will react from the situation and noise. Let's stick together. We have three games to go. It will go down to the wire, the last game. We have to stick together."
