Mikey Antonio believes that the Hammers’ performances are “stale” as David Moyes’ men struggle for form.
The Irons were beaten by Southampton on Boxing Day, going down 3-2 in a five-goal thriller at the London Stadium.
Moyes’ men twice came from behind but were ultimately beaten, losing further ground in the race for the top-four in the process.
Indeed, both Spurs and Arsenal, direct rivals in the Hammers’ Champions League bid, won, beating Crystal Palace 3-0 and Norwich 5-0 respectively.
Mikey scored after coming off the bench, powering a header into the back of the net, but he feels that the club needs to rediscover a freshness to their performances.
Speaking to the club’s official website, he said: “Over the last five weeks we’ve been a bit stale in our performances and I think that could be down to mental fatigue more than physical.
“We’re not used to playing so many games but we can’t make excuses for it. We’re professional footballers and we have to keep going.
“We’re not playing badly, we’re just not scoring goals basically. We’ll go again – we got two today, I’ve scored a goal, Saïd [Benrahma] too, and hopefully that can get us on a nice little run to get ourselves back up the league.”
The Hammers are next in action on Tuesday evening against Watford, a game that the club could well expect to win as we look to get things back on track.
The Hornets are currently 17th, just two points above the relegation zone.
Dont EXPECT to win any game at the moment.