‘We didn’t deserve points today’ – Guarino reacts to West Ham United’s defeat at Everton | OneFootball

West Ham United head coach Rita Guarino admitted that her side did not deserve to take anything from the game as they slipped to a 1-0 defeat at Everton on Sunday afternoon.

Honoka Hayashi netted the only goal after eight minutes as Everton continued their recent run and moved six points clear of West Ham United in the Barclays Women’s Super League table.

When speaking to the media after the match, West Ham United boss Guarino said that she believed that her side didn’t deserve to take anything from the game.

“We knew that it would be a very tough game,” Guarino said. “Today, for sure, we didn’t play our best football and we didn’t deserve points because we didn’t create the chances to win the game. We will move forward to work on the things that didn’t go in the right way today.”

Guarino went on to comment further on her side’s struggles to create chances. She said that her side lacked patience and the connections in the final third.

She said “They’re a very organised team, they defend all of the space and they were able to cover the space. We were not patient on the ball, there was too much [of a] low [block] and we didn’t find the right combinations in the final third to break the line. It was about these things. I think that the big mistake that we made was not using the small spaces to play in combination.”

The Hammers will be without some key players in the coming weeks as they head-off to the AFC Women’s Asian Cup and Guarino shared her thoughts on losing these players.

She said “We will lose some players, but it will give the opportunity for other players to come in and replace them. We will miss them, but we can do nothing about it.”

West Ham United’s next fixture is on Sunday when they play host to Brighton & Hove Albion in the Adobe Women’s FA Cup.