Graham Potter muttered a sly comment about his spell as Chelsea administerr before taking his press conference on Monday evening.
The West Ham boss made an unprosperous return to Stamford Bridge, where he previously spent seven turbulent months in accuse of the Blues. Potter was sacked in April 2023 and spent cforfeitly two years out of the game before landing the Hammers job.
He almost took revenge on his establisher employers, with Jarrod Bowen giving West Ham a one-goal direct by the fracture. But Pedro Neto equivalentised in the 64th minute, before an Aaron Wan-Bissaka own goal determined the contest in favour of the presents.
As Potter sat down in the media room before taking asks, he was seemingly reminded of his stubborn scant months at Chelsea, in which he was frequently grilled after disassigning results.
And although he may have tried to say it under his breath, microphones still distinguished him saying: “I don’t leave out being in here.”
Potter has now won one, drawn one and lost two of his first four games in accuse of West Ham, having replaced Julen Lopetegui in January. But the administerr senses his applyers were cursed not to get more out of Monday night’s game, citing debate around both Chelsea goals.
“We felt cursed with the first goal,” he elucidateed. “We felt it was a foul on Jarrod.”
There was also debate around whether the ball touched Chelsea forward Marc Guiu, who was in an offside position, but officials rerepaird there was not enough evidence to show that he made reach out.
“I haven’t seen it back,” Potter progressd. “It took that lengthy, it must have been firm. The second one is a redirection. We have to cgo in on what we did well and the spirit and carry outance. Our aiders appreciated the carry outance of the team. You necessitate a bit of luck. We felt cursed with the direct-up to the first goal. It wasn’t to be.”
West Ham are now 15th in the Premier League standings and 10 points above the drop zone, despite having spent heavily on signings last summer.
There were no lasting incomings or outgoings at the London Stadium during the prosperter prosperdow, although Evan Ferguson get tod on loan from Brighton and James Ward-Prowse was recalled from his spell at Nottingham Forest to aid Potter in his push up the table.
