Allardyce frustrated with Aston Villa result

West Ham manager Sam Allardyce was left frustrated after his side could only draw 0-0 with Aston Villa on Saturday.

Allardyce’s men have been in superb form this season and remain on a six game unbeaten run.

Despite praising his side for their efforts, the former Newcastle United boss revealed that he was unhappy with his side’s failure to convert chances.

“It was a terrific effort that we gave,” Allardyce said. “It goes down to the strength in depth of the squad.

“When we lulled a bit in the second half, the changes – one, in system and two, in personnel – gave us that more exciting, all-important finish that gave our players and our fans the biggest chance to see another win here.

“The sad thing is that when our finishing was very good, the goalkeeper was even better, and some of the time I was a little bit disappointed in our finishing considering how good we’ve been this season.

“We’ve got to respect the point, it’s our second clean sheet [of the season] which is good. Everything the lads did today around how Aston Villa played, they did very, very well.

“We broke them down several times apart from we couldn’t break down the keeper today.

“Before Andy [Carroll] came on Diafra [Sakho] had two free headers in the box and they’ve gone over the bar. We had a couple of shouts for a couple of penalties that didn’t go our way but that shouldn’t have mattered for us today with the amount of chances we’ve created.

“We are a little frustrated but we couldn’t do any more than we’ve done.”


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