Moyes will do best to get the “right players” in

West Ham boss has pledged to do all he can to bring in players after Manu became the latest player to join the walking wounded.

After the Argentine midfieder had hobbled off to be replaced by goalscorer Chicharito the boss said: “Manu has a bit of a hamstring, Cresswell’s was just complete cramp and he should be ok.

Manu is the problem and we hope it isn’t serious. We’re short on the bench at the moment, we’ve got a lot of injuries, but the boys are doing a great job and some of them had to play 120 minutes in midweek, so great credit to them.

“We could do with a body or two coming in, so we’ll try to do that. We’re working on it and we’ll try to get the right players and people who we think can help us.”

Giving his appraisal of the 1- 1 draw he said: “I think with 15 minutes to go I might have said ‘I’ll take the point’, but prior to that we had some good play.

“I think in the first half especially we played some really good football and we missed some big chances today. We just missed that clinical cutting edge to show how good that football had been.

“I’m thrilled with how we reacted to their goal. Normally when you lose the first goal in the Premier League it’s very difficult to get back, and I don’t think there’s too much between the teams in this part of the table.

“It keeps the momentum going. We’re nudging along, making progress, the most important thing come the end of the season is not to be in the bottom three, but in the same breath I’ve got my eyes looking up to see if we can make the top ten as well.

“The first thing is making sure the back door is shut and a point today wasn’t the worst result.”

And of Chicharito’s goal he declared: “It’s the kind of reaction that he’s abou. We know that’s what he does – he’s the sort of centre forward who has made a living out of being a fox in the box and scoring at every opportunity they get.

“Chicharito needs those sort of opportunities and we need to get more of the ball in the box. There was that one, and we put a great one in just after it across the face of the box, but we needed him today. All the boys here will play a part and Chicharito helped us today.”