Cresswell defiant as he insists West Ham haven’t ‘run out of gas’

Aaron Cresswell has denied suggestions that West Ham have “run out of gas” in the race for the top four after their 1-1 draw with Newcastle on Saturday.

The stalemate left David Moyes’ side with just one win in five league matches as the Hammers continue to lose ground in their pursuit of Champions League football.

They are fifth, but four points adrift of Manchester United in fourth and level on points with Arsenal in sixth, who have played three games less.

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Cresswell has issued a defiant message, urging his teammates to carry on fighting as they look to get back on track.

“I don’t think we’re feeling we’ve run out of gas, but the fans know when you’re in these competitions, there are plenty of games and plenty of things still to play for,” he told the club website.

“Saturday won’t decide where we finish in the league and we’ll go again on Monday at the training ground and try to put things right.

“The goals have dried up a bit. We started the season flying, scoring more than two a game at one point and they have dried up. But look, we’ve got to get back to the same level so we’ll work on that in training this week.

“It’s frustrating again to just take one point, but we’ve got to move on. There are still 12 games to go and plenty of points to play for, so let’s regroup and go again.”

Moyes said of the draw: “We didn’t play well today so to get a point out of it is something. We have to recognise that we’re not quite at it.

“We probably need to start individually, I’ll check to see if we think we’re doing the right things to get them back [to their previous levels], but ultimately we need to find a way of getting a better level of performance than we’re getting at the moment.”

He added: “The Premier League is not an easy league to be in, but also one point doesn’t get you enough when you’re trying to be successful.

“We knew today that it was a really important day to try and get three points but unfortunately we couldn’t.”