Moyes delivers his verdict on brilliant point

David Moyes was very quick to point out that a below strength West Ham had earned a magnificent point against the side that beat Real Madrid 3-1 and declared: ” I thought we did a really good job.”

After collecting four points from the last two games Moysie added: “It’s a good point for us.”

He admitted shock at the magical Pedro Obiang goal saying: “I have no idea where that strike came from Pedro because I can’t say I’ve seen it, but I’ve got to say he didn’t half strike it sweetly. We didn’t have many shots but the one we did have was very good.

“I had a look of disbelief on my face and rightly so, because we hadn’t been up the pitch that often.

“After we scored, Kouyate had a great chance to make it 2-0, too, so we might not have had a lot of shots and if we’d gone 2-0 up it would have been a real surprise, but going 1-0 up was a big enough surprise for me at the time!”

Marko Arnautovic, Michail Antonio, James Collins and Jose Fonte were all unavailable but his selected team produced a truly resolute performance to go 15th in the League.

He told the official site: “That’s the team which beat Real Madrid 3-1, so we shouldn’t be surprised we only had a few shots or be surprised at the way we played, and perhaps you shouldn’t be surprised we took a point because we went close against Manchester City and we beat Chelsea and drew with Arsenal.

“You’ve got to say we’re doing one part of it right and we’d like to do the other part of it much better, obviously, but I’m the coach and I have to try and find a way of getting results with the players available. We need to change and find a way of winning the next games we have against teams around us in the table.

“It’s hard work on the touchline when you’re playing against Tottenham with their quality of players and the amount of attempts they had on goal, but the players have been drilled to make sure they do the right things and make it hard for Tottenham to score and I thought they did a really good job at it.”