Manuel Pellegrini is eager to see his side return to winning ways against Tottenham on Saturday.
Having collected seven points from their last four league matches, another three would be the perfect post- international break result and he wants to see us grab even more from the next group of matches.
He said: “We have played eight games and we don’t have the amount of points that maybe we wanted or deserved, but now we start the second part of the first round and we must try to improve.”
In the corresponding fixture against Spurs last season we were beaten 3-2 despite a late fight-back by West Ham, with Chicharito and Cheikhou Kouyate scoring for the home side.
Pellegrini said: “I hope that this year the result will change from last season. I hope we can continue to be strong at home, as we were against Chelsea, Manchester United and in the cup game with Macclesfield. I hope we can beat Tottenham this time.