Bilic ‘proud’ of West Ham players despite Manchester United defeat

Slaven Bilic said he was proud of West Ham United’s performance despite their 2-0 loss to Manchester United at the London Stadium on Monday.

Goals from Juan Mata and Zlatan Ibrahimovic gave Jose Mourinho’s side their sixth Premier League win in a row.

Bilic felt his side were hard done by when referee Mike Dean sent off Sofiane Feghouli after a clash with Phil Jones early in the game, while Ibrahimovic fired home United’s second from what appeared to be an offside position.

The Croatian manager praised his side’s battling efforts, and revealed he was “frustrated” about the outcome of the game.

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“I’m pleased with the performance,” he said. “We fought very hard and if we gave everything and I told the guys that if we put in this work for each other then we’re going to be very good in the table.

“Of course I’m gutted about the result but to do what we did with ten men against a very good team is very difficult.

“Despite that, we nearly found a way. We had one or two chances when it was still 0-0 and in these moments when you are one man down, you have to score. We didn’t score and then they scored and won the game.

“I’m very frustrated with the result and very frustrated with the way we lost it, but very proud of my team.”