Kouyate frustrated not to play in Champions league

Cheikhou Kouyate has told Senegal media he was frustrated not to qualify for the Champions League with West Ham. The twenty six year-old Hammer is currently back in Senegal with his parents during the month of Ramadan.

www.senenews.com asked Kouyate “Is it frustrating not to play the Champions League?”

Kouyate said “It’s true that it’s frustrating. But we have to look at ourselves. We did not play all our games as we should. When we play against the big guns, the concentration was up because we did not want to lose. But it was the teams that had the same level that we or were bottom of the table, that we underestimated. It was a great lesson for us. In football, we must not take the opponents lightly regardless of their status. We could have qualified for the Champions League. We must change our mentality. Fortunately we have a good coach in Slaven Bilic, who is working on that.”