Julen Lopetegui was left feeling his West Ham side had much to improve on after losing 2-1 to Aston Villa in his first game in charge.
Villa took the lead after just four minutes through Amadou Onana before Lucas Paqueta levelled from the spot before half-time.
There would be no dream start to Lopetegui’s time at the helm, however, as Jhon Duran scored the winner after 79 minutes, before Tomas Soucek missed two clear opportunities to level at the death.
Instead, the Spaniard was left pondering improvements to his new side after a disappointing display.
We re going to have a lot of things to improve. Above all in the second half we have a big opportunity to win the match and we lost. We have to learn and improve in the next step, he told Sky Sports.
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