Graham Potter suffered a painful start to his West Ham reign as Aston Villa's late surge sealed a 2-1 win in the FA Cup third round on Friday.
UK - Graham Potter suffered a painful start to his West Ham reign as Aston Villa's late surge sealed a 2-1 win in the FA Cup third round on Friday.
On a freezing evening at Villa Park, Unai Emery's men emphasised the size of the task facing Potter with a second half fightback that exposed West Ham's defensive flaws. Potter lasted less than seven months at Chelsea, losing 11 times in his 31 games in charge and slumping to 11th place in the top-flight despite a £288 million spending spree in his one transfer window.
Under the circumstances, he can be encouraged by West Ham's attacking play but fixing their issues at the back must be top of his to-do list."The start was really good but in the second half Aston Villa stepped-up and pushed us back a bit too much. That's something we will have to improve." Paqueta was close to giving Potter a dream start when the Brazilian's strike from the edge of the area flashed just wide.Crysencio Summerville teased Villa's Ian Maatsen with an incisive run into the area before slipping a pass to Paqueta, who planted a clinical finish past Robin Olsen.
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