"Nuno Espirito Santo said his West Ham players owe their fans respect and dignity after an underwhelming 3-1 defeat at Newcastle left the east London side on the brink or relegation to the Championship. The Portuguese also admitted that the visiting supporters were right to direct chants of you're not fit to wear the shirt at his team. It was a bad performance and a bad day for us, said Nuno whose side's goal difference is so vastly inferior to Tottenham's that they will be all but down if Roberto De Zerbi's side currently two points ahead of West Ham in 17th place draw at Chelsea on Tuesday."
"It's going to be a very tough week ahead. But we're going to try to give our fans a better performance against Leeds at the London Stadium on Sunday. We should do better. We can show the fans a different attitude. Newcastle 3-1 West Ham: Premier League as it happened Nuno admitted that chants of you're not fit to wear the shirt from the away end stung. It hurts a lot, of course, he said. This is our job, our life but the fans are right. Today they showed their anger and frustration. It hurts, it hurts the boys, it hurts us, it hurts the clubs. That's why we should finish the season with dignity and respect for the fans."
"We started this game really bad, the way we conceded, the mistakes we made, said Nuno who may rue beginning with a back three he was soon forced to swap for a back four. Maybe it (the defensive trinity) was not the best decision. The plan for the game didn't work out. Maybe we didn't prepare the players well enough. We have to take responsibility. West Ham improved after Taty Castellanos, scorer of their consolation goal, stepped off the bench. Asked if he regretted not starting the forward, Nuno replied: I regret so many things. But we have to make decisions and sometimes you consider it was maybe not the best one. But we're still alive. Let's wait for Tuesday."
"Even though it's difficult there's some hope. We cannot control what happens in other stadiums. Wha"
West Ham suffered a 3-1 defeat at Newcastle, leaving the club close to relegation. Nuno Espirito Santo said players owe fans respect and dignity and acknowledged that away supporters were right to chant that they were not fit to wear the shirt. He said the chants hurt and that the team must finish the season with dignity despite the pain caused to players, staff, and the club. He blamed the poor start, defensive mistakes, and a game plan that did not work, including an early shift from a back three to a back four. West Ham improved after Taty Castellanos came on, and Nuno accepted responsibility while insisting the team remains alive and will try to perform better against Leeds.
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