Bilic wants Hammers reaction at Southampton

West Ham United must cut out the mistakes if they’re to get a result against Southampton this weekend according to manager Slaven Bilic.

The Hammers lost 4-0 to Manchester City on Wednesday night at the London Stadium, a near repeat of their 5-0 loss against the same opposition in the FA Cup just a few weeks earlier.

After their Third Round exit, Bilic’s men reacted with a 3-0 success in the Premier League at home to Crystal Palace before beating Middlesbrough 3-1.

And Bilic wants a similar reaction to Wednesday’s defeat to Pep Guardiola’s team this coming weekend.

He said: “It’s a heavy defeat for us and it’s hurting us a lot but we can’t let it affect us a lot and we need to bounce back like we did after the defeat in the FA Cup.

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“We need to show how we can bounce back against Southampton.

“They beat us 5-0 in the cup and then 4-0 tonight and make no mistake, we have to give them credit but it was also about us.

“We gave those kind of players too much space and time on the ball and space between the lines. When you give them space like that they just slaughter you.

“It was very frustrating and it’s like what happened in the cup.

“We again started well but when you make mistakes like we did for some of their goals and if you give the ball away in those areas then they punish you.”