Saturday 15 April 2017 19:41, UK
Slaven Bilic was left disappointed after his West Ham side threw away a lead twice to draw 2-2 with Sunderland.
The Hammers took the lead early in both halves, Andre Ayew opening the scoring in the fifth minute before James Collins struck two minutes into the second period.
But Sunderland pegged them back on both occasions through Wahbi Khazri's direct corner and substitute Fabio Borini's 90th-minute leveller.
"We're disappointed because we were leading twice and after we scored both goals we were in charge and played some good football," a pragmatic Bilic told Sky Sports.
"We were looking for three points so when you concede two goals in the manner we did you are, of course, disappointed.
"I have to say it was a fair result though. We wanted the win but the point, at this stage of the season, can be very good for us.
"I'm disappointed because after our first goal they became nervous and we had a really good spell. You look to use that situation to your advantage but we didn't.
"It happened again when we scored the second, it was us around the box and they were playing risky football - throwing bodies forward - but we couldn't finish them off.
"When that happens you expect there to be a job to do in your box they were leaving a lot of space behind that I was expecting us to use better."
West Ham were stunned in the 26th minute at the Stadium of Light when Khazri scored straight from a corner.
"It was a well-taken corner but I would have expected us to clear that ball," the Hammer boss added.
"We didn't and it put our goalkeeper in a position where the ball came too quick and unfortunately he could keep it out."
The draw lifts West Ham up to 13th in the Premier League and to within three points of a the 40-point mark.
And, after what's been a testing campaign both on and off the pitch, Bilic has his sights set on finishing as high as possible, saying: "We tried to win today, got a point.
"We have a chance to win next week that will take us to that magic number 40 and then we can talk about more."
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