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Your support makes all the difference.West Ham boss David Moyes admits he would like more goals from last season’s top hitmen Michail Antonio and Tomas Soucek.
Striker Antonio has not found the net since New Year’s Day while Soucek, who struck 10 goals from midfield last season, is stuck on just three this term.
However, with the likes of Jarrod Bowen, Declan Rice and even defender Craig Dawson chipping in, Moyes insists he is not concerned about where the goals come from.
“I would like more players to score more goals – but we’re only behind Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea in goals scored this year,” said the Scot.
“Individual players, I’d like to see score more goals. We’d like Michail and Tomas to get more goals. But goals as a team, I think we’re doing OK in that department.”
West Ham currently find themselves in a five-team mini-league battling for fourth place along with Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham and Sunday’s opponents, Wolves.
The Hammers have slipped to sixth having taken just five points from their last five matches, and will slip below Wanderers if they are beaten at the London Stadium.
But Moyes added: “It is really tough and difficult because you can see the standard of the teams who are very strong. From that point of view you have to play well.
“We are pleased to be competing, we are unbeaten in four matches and we will take that.
“We would like some more wins but overall we are still in a good place and, hopefully, we will still be there by the end of the season.”
West Ham have enjoyed a rare free week while Wolves head back to the capital having suffered a last-gasp defeat at Arsenal on Thursday night, which Moyes hopes could play into their hands.
“I am hoping Wolves are tired, but in football you never know,” he said. “We’ve had very few games where we had advantage over the opposition with time.
“Wolves have had a difficult week but that’s the way it’s going with the games called off during Covid.
“We have a really difficult week coming up with three games in six days, with Sunday, then going to Southampton in the FA Cup in midweek, then Liverpool next Saturday.”
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