Arbeloa: Hammers can overcome poor start to season
West Ham defender Alvaro Arbeloa insists his team have the quality and focus to overcome their dismal start to the Premier League campaign – starting with their trip to Liverpool this weekend.
Slaven Bilic’s men are languishing in 17th place in the Premier League table, just one point above the bottom three.
Sunday’s trip to Anfield will be a trip down memory lane for the Spaniard, having spent two years on Merseyside.
Last season, the Hammers recorded a 3-0 victory over his former side, and Arbeloa sees no reason why that can’t be the case this time round.
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“Of course this is a very tough time for everyone at the Club and we are facing pressure because we need points,” he said.
“The main thing we can do as players is to work even harder during the week and when we are on the pitch, we need to stay together and fight until the end.
“We need to be ready for everything and focused on the game. We need to do everything perfect and do our best. That is the only thing we can do now.
“West Ham won at Anfield last season, so there is no reason why we cannot do that again.”
The Hammers were wretched in their 5-1 home defeat at the hands of Arsenal at the weekend, in what was only Arbeloa’s third appearance of the season.
He admits that the squad was licking its wounds, but they are determined to bounce back.
“I think the players are hurting a great deal from Saturday,” he said “We have a great manager and great players.
“We have been hit by a number of injuries, but there is nothing we can do about that. We are training as hard as we can and we need to stay together as a team and get more points.”
