Manuel Pellegrini admitted after tonight’s League Cup victory that he had been a worried man at the Kingsmeadow Stadium tonight.
The Hammers eventually won it 3-1 but trailed for a long time and Pelle told Sky Sports: “Yes, I was worried because you play against these teams that defend really well and then you are losing 1-0 in the first minutes, after working the whole week not to suffer those kinds of goals.
“The most important thing was our application to win this game. I was sure if we continued playing that we would score those goals.
“The best thing the team did tonight was we kept calm, we continued moving and creating space.
“It’s important to win. If we lose this game, that’s another consequence – it’s very important. We need to continue working and I hope on Saturday we can have our first victory in the Premier League.”