Pedro Obiang believes he and his West Ham United teammates can be satisfied with a hard-fought point after playing out a draw against West Brom.
The Irons collected their first point away from home in the league this season at The Hawthorns on Saturday, following a 0-0 draw between Slaven Bilic’s men and the Baggies.
The away side enjoyed the better chances in the fixture but couldn’t break down Tony Pulis’s side, leading to the two teams sharing the spoils of this weekend’s match.
But Obiang reckons the Irons can take heart from the battling performance and enjoy an earned draw from a contest in which West Ham more than played their part.
We’ve come through a difficult moment and we won the last game.We needed another point to start to move up to the middle of the table.
Pedro Obiang
“We’ve come through a difficult moment and we won the last game,” Obiang said: “We needed another point to start to move up to the middle of the table.
“Maybe this result is enough for us. We are a big team and we needed that point. We can take one point.”
The goalless game was also a second consecutive clean-sheet for the Hammers and goalkeeper Joe Hart, something the midfielder says is a sign of the improvements made in the team’s ability already this season.
Obiang has now called on the side to start finding the net on a regular basis in order to turn these good performances into wins and points on the board.
The Spaniard added: “For the defenders, for us, and for the team, it’s really nice to keep another clean-sheet. We’ve played difficult games where we’ve conceded many goals but we’re starting to play better, and play together.
“We just need to score more goals now.”
West Ham’s best chance of the game from an Obiang effort. The 25-year-old saw goalkeeper Ben Foster off his line and attempted a curling strike from over 40 yards.
The effort went over the West Brom shot-stopper and seemed destined for the top corner, only to unfortunately strike the cross-bar.
And Obiang has revealed his goal on Monday – the first finish in the win against Huddersfield Town – inspired him to try another effort from distance against the Baggies.
The midfielder explained: “I have friends who told me that when you score you have a higher capacity to score in the next game.
“So I said I would do it, but it didn’t happen. Maybe next time!”