Manuel Pellegrini blasts West Ham flops and responds as fans boo Marko Arnautovic

A lacklustre Hammers were brushed aside in a 2-0 defeat in front of their own fans and the visitors were unlucky not to add to first-half goals from Kurt Zouma and Bernard.

Pellegrini’s side went into the game on the back of a batting 4-3 win over Huddersfield in their last Premier League game but showed no signs of the character that got them through that game.

Instead, they were outclassed for the entire 90 minutes by Marco Silva’s team and Pellegrini could find nothing to be positive about after the match.

“[It’s] not only the worst home performance but the worst performance of the year – away or at home,” he said.

“We have lost a lot of games before but not playing the way we did today, without creating chances and conceding so many chances for Everton.

“We played very bad in both boxes. We didn’t create chances in Everton’s box and in ours we conceded two goals. But I think Everton also had other chances to score more.

“So, it was one of those bad days that you have as an individual performance and as a team performance where you couldn’t play in the way you wanted to.”

Tempers appeared to boil over at the London Stadium when supporters booed Marko Arnautovic as he was substituted in the 67th minute.

“I think that the fans boo when they are not happy with the performance of the team,” Pellegrini added.

“Today it was Marko – the other two changes were at half time so they couldn’t do it – but I don’t think we can believe that the performance of one player made us play the way we did today.

“It was not Marko who was guilty of why we lost this game. It’s not a matter of one name, it’s a matter of the team, to understand that we cannot have this kind of performance if we want to try to fight for a spot in Europe.

“I think we must be calm in this moment. We won the last three games at home. What I worry a little bit about is that it is not the first time that we have the chance to go into seventh position in the table.

“We knew the other results before we played. Maybe that pressure also affects the performance, but we must find a way to continue thinking and playing as a big team to try to reach as high a position in the table as we can.”

In the other dugout, Everton boss Marco Silva was full of praise for his player’s performance which was full of energy and creativity.

“I was very proud of our performance and seeing our desire from the first minute,” he said.

“We were the best team on the pitch, we were playing good football and creating chances.

“Two nil at half time was a good result for them because it could have been five or six nil. We created chance after chance.”

source: express.co.uk