Bilic looks forward to a “different ” West Ham

Slaven Bilic is looking forward to putting out a very different West Ham team after the international break but praised today’s squad on their gutsy second half display at the Etihad.

The West Ham boss decared: “We showed character, spirit and quality up front but the formation didn’t work in the first half.

“We didn’t get tight to them and cut out the danger areas they worked in but we changed it at the interval and were much better.

“We got the goal and that gave us hope although despite getting in behind them we didn’t manage to make THAT number of chances.

They are a very good team and it is always going to be difficult against them particularly with six, seven or eight of your players out.

But when we get Lanzini, Payet, Zaza and one or two others out there after the international break of course you will see a very different West Ham team.”