Manager on Monday

Slaven Bilic

Slaven Bilic believes his West Ham United side gave reason for optimism with their performance at Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday evening.

Two late Harry Kane goals meant the Hammers snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, as the unbeaten hosts overturned a 2-1 deficit to triumph 3-2.

With fixtures against Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool to come in the next three weeks, the east Londoners could be forgiven for approaching them with some trepidation – but not if they perform as they did at White Hart Lane.

Michail Antonio and Manuel Lanzini’s goals meant Bilic’s side became the first two score twice against Spurs this season and the boss is confident results will soon go their way.

He said: “I would rather play the way we did on Saturday than go there and say after the game ‘okay, no complaints, they were much better’.

“Playing like that, it’s only a matter of time before the luck or more concentration will come on our side.

“We can take a lot of positives from the game, and make no mistake we will, but the three points were there for us.

“They were dangerous, but we were dangerous also, so we can be confident now."

We can take a lot of positives from the game, and make no mistake we will, but the three points were there for us

Slaven Bilic

One aspect of their game the boss knows the Hammers need to improve on is cutting out individual errors – with Tottenham’s winner coming from an injury time penalty.

He added: “If you make those mistakes you are not guaranteed to win your game, even when you are at the top of your game. There is a quality opponent there [to take advantage], but those mistakes should not have happened. That’s football and we have done it.

“It wasn’t done through complacency. Sometimes you can get away with a few mistakes, but you can’t make them against Spurs.

“The penalty was a very good move from Son – I also thought he was going to cross the ball, so he slides to stop the cross. It was his quality to do what he did and wait for the contact.”