Bilic counting the cost of Hammers defeat

West Ham were left frustrated by defeat to Leicester but just as concerning for manager Slaven Bilic is the injuries suffered by his team.

While the international break means that the Hammers will at least be able to give their players time to be fit, Bilic still lost Winston Reid, Michail Antonio and Pedro Obiang to knocks in the 3-2 defeat.

Bilic said: “With Winston Reid, it doesn’t look good, but we have to assess him.

“Also Michail unfortunately he probably won’t be able to go to the England squad. It looks like that now. He felt a hamstring and it got worse.

“Pedro twisted his ankle in a challenge but it’s too early to say anything. We have to assess him over the next couple of days. We have the international break now and hopefully they’re going to be fit soon.”

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Those losses compounded a difficult weekend for Bilic as his team fell short in their comeback bid against champions Leicester.

And the Croatian manager admits his side have to tighten up in defence if they are going to bounce back.

“It is very frustrating for us to lose the game,” he added.

“We didn’t start well and what was really disappointing was the way we conceded three goals, including two very quickly.

“They basically scored their first goal from a cross and two goals from set pieces. We knew they were good in them, but we had to defend them better.”