West Ham United captain Jarrod Bowen was disappointed with his side’s performance as they slumped to yet another defeat in the English Premier League on Friday night.
The Hammers have endured an underwhelming campaign so far and results have not turned despite the dismissal of former manager Graham Potter.
Their poor run continued on Friday night, as they suffered their seventh league defeat of the season in a 2-1 result against newly-promoted Leeds United.
Speaking after the match, Bowen slammed the team’s lackluster display and admitted the players have to improve to turn around their season.
“This is the Premier League and we need to really pull our finger out. As we’re in a real situation. We have to face the reality of that, the sooner it starts hitting everyone, it needs to change”, Bowen said.
“You can’t come out here and say anything different, You can’t say anything positive or anything in that way. You have to face the reality of where we are: second bottom and we’re in trouble now. We have to accept that.”
Brenden Aaronson opened the scoring for Leeds inside the first three minutes, while Joe Rodon doubled the advantage moments later from a corner kick.
It marked the ninth goal West Ham had conceded from corner kicks this season, the most of any team in history after just nine games.
Mateus Fernandes pulled one back for the visitors in the second half, after an assist from Bowen, but they could not muster another goal as they suffered another agonizing defeat.
“It’s just not brave enough, not doing the jobs good enough until the end”, Bowen continued.
“We get a goal back, it’s disallowed. It always felt like one goal and you always get a bit of confidence when you score. We did that, it was too late. Not good enough.”
West Ham are currently 19th on the league standings with only four points – their worst-ever start to a season, and will hope for a quick turnaround in results.
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