Manuel Pellegrini believes the Hammers squad has the “personality” to go for the three points against Bournemouth on Saturday.

Speaking at his pre-match presser he said: “ Away, you may have to defend more but at home you must be aware of counter attacks but try to create options against the team who come to defend. At home, I think the team has the personality to go for the three points from the beginning.

“Bournemouth are a very good team also. I hope we will have the personality we need to start well and win the first game at home.

“I saw a lot of games of Bournemouth from last season, especially this week, and they have the same manager and style of play from when I was at Manchester City. They have a lot of the same players as well and they are a good team who will always try to play.

“We must try to recover the ball as soon as we can and not to lose possession. We have a team in Bournemouth who don’t come to defend away, they have good players and good strikers and we must work as a balanced team.”

The manager also spoke of the changes he is trying to introduce adding: “For me the most difficult thing is to try and change our mentality. Last season, normally they were trying to play near our box and counter attack fast and we are trying to change the area of the pitch we have the most amount of minutes and this change of mentality is always difficult.

“We need to play everyone in the Premier League. If you start against Liverpool, of course you want to win but three points are very difficult. But at home, you must try to add three points. It’s not good to start with two defeats so they are three very important points.