Slaven Bilic: Tottenham should be happier with the result than West Ham - it should have been more
West Ham manager Slaven Bilic believes his side deserved to beat Tottenham more than 1-0 at Upton Park tonight.
The hosts came flying out of the blocks and raced into an early lead when Michail Antonio headed home Dimitri Payet's corner at the near post.
Hugo Lloris got his hand to the ball but was unable to stop it creeping into the net, which sent the home crowd into raptures.
While Spurs appeared jaded as they missed the chance to move to the top of the table, the east Londoners produced what Bilic described as their best performance of the season.
The Croatian manager was delighted with the manner in which his side went about their task and is adamant the margin of their victory should have been greater.
"To match the team that has conceded the least goals, are the best at running and pressing, when their confidence is sky high you have to play good football.
"But to over play them and to win against them without being lucky - maybe I'm a bit biased - they should be more happy with the result than us.
"It should have been more," the Croatian insisted.
"To do it like that it requires a great performance. In all aspects of football for 90 minutes we were magnificent.
"I congratulate the players because the job they did tonight is amazing."
West Ham currently occupy sixth place in the table after tonight's heroics and are just one point behind fourth-placed Manchester City, who have one game in hand.
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