West Ham United goalkeeper Darren Randolph believes Friday’s Emirates FA Cup third round tie against Manchester City offers the perfect chance for his team to bounce back.
The New Year weekend saw the Hammers suffer narrow defeats to Leicester City and Manchester United, but the performances warranted more.
Monday’s loss to the Red Devils was particularly hard to take, given the circumstances around Sofiane Feghouli’s 15th minute red card, but the resilience shown by Slaven Bilic’s men in the face of adversity was heartening.
Randolph says that can give West Ham belief as they look to get their Cup campaign off to the perfect start.
He explained: “We had enough chances to get on the scoresheet and try and get something out of the game but it’s always tough when you go down to ten men in any game. Especially against them.
“From where I was, the sending off just looked like two bodies jumping into the tackle. I just thought the ref stopped the game because Phil Jones was injured. Then he showed the red card.
“We battled on for most of the game with ten men, still creating chances, so we take confidence from that.”