Premier League Preview: West Ham United vs. Stoke City

Barry Fry Director of Football of Peterborough United with David Sullivan and David Gold Joint Chairman of West Ham United during the Pre Season Friendly match between Peterborough

Barry Fry Director of Football of Peterborough United with David Sullivan and David Gold Joint Chairman of West Ham United during the Pre Season Friendly match between Peterborough

The West Ham keeper would have been desperate to impress once again ahead of the World Cup, with England manager Gareth Southgate watching from the stands, but he produced a major error which led to Stoke scoring after 79 minutes.

But Carroll's intervention proved costly for Paul Lambert's charges, who remain in 19th place, five points adrift of safety, whereas the Hammers are now seven points clear of the drop zone in 14th. "If they had played like that since August I wouldn't be here and we wouldn't be in this position".

"We certainly didn't deserve to lose", Moyes told Sky Sports. "We were excellent and had really good chances".

"I'm pleased we have got people off the bench who can make a difference - we've not always had the depth this season".

Lambert admits Stoke's next match, at home to Burnley, is now a must-win game that will "put the cat among the pigeons" at the bottom of the table should they triumph.

"We've still got four games so no-one is safe".

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Fumbling Xherdan Shaqiri's shot in the final 11 minutes of the match enabled Crouch to ghost in and convert from close range, nearly costing West Ham valuable points in the business end of the season. Up until then we hadn't been threatened a whole lot.

"The ideal situation is to go unbeaten between now and the end of the season, there is no reason why we can't do that".

The Potters need to start winning games but they just don't have enough firepower in their side and they are not good enough defensively to buy themselves time to nick a goal.

- Peter Crouch is now on 16 sub goals in the Premier League (level with Javier Hernandez); only four players have more (Defoe 24, Giroud 19, Kanu 17 and Solskjaer 17).

Hart was outstanding in the Hammers previous game against Chelsea and earned a man of the match display as his side came away with a crucial point in a draw at Stamford Bridge. We are playing well, we have got an incredible support behind us, and I am pretty sure come Sunday, there will not be many stadiums rocking the way ours can rock on Sunday. "We've just had a win and two draws".

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