Saturday 7 May 2016 21:16, UK
West Ham carried "too many passengers" in their 4-1 home defeat to Swansea on Saturday, according to manager Slaven Bilic.
The Hammers were comprehensively defeated in the penultimate match to be played at Upton Park before the club's move to the Olympic Stadium.
Wayne Routledge, Andre Ayew, Ki Sung-yueng and Bafetimbi Gomis all netted for Swansea, with Stephen Kingsley's own goal the only reply West Ham could muster.
The defeat also brought West Ham's 15-match unbeaten home record to an end - a run that stretched back to August - and Bilic feels his side can have few complaints about the result.
"They were better and they deserved to win. What went wrong? In the most basic situations we were second best, we had too many passengers, we were slow in the reaction and losing the ball in dangerous situations," he said.
"We had too many passengers, we were second best and relying on other people to stop them. We were not compact without the ball, we were not good on second balls.
"When we had the ball, we were good, we put them under pressure, we were creating and we were passing the ball. Okay, we didn't have the final product, but we were good. The defensive transition is the key and the biggest reason that we lost the game."
Bilic added: "When they scored, it was a little bit of shock for us and then we tried to react, but they scored another one.
"In the second-half, you can turn it around, we've done it a couple of times this season and it is quite common in the Premier League. But it depends if you are going to score the first one or they are going to score the third one. They scored the third one and it was not all over, but they basically put it to bed."
West Ham will play their final ever match at Upton Park on Tuesday night when they take on Manchester United, live on Sky Sports 1 HD.
When asked about that game, Bilic said: "It should be a very memorable night, but we have to be better than today, definitely."
