West Ham weren't good enough against Liverpool, admits Slaven Bilic

West Ham boss Slaven Bilic says his team will benefit in the long-term after a hard opening season at the London Stadium

Slaven Bilic admitted West Ham weren't good enough in their 4-0 thrashing by Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday.

Goals from Daniel Sturridge and Divock Origi, either side of a Philippe Coutinho brace, saw the Reds on their way to victory at the London Stadium.

"We spoke before the game about wanting to put in the same performance as against Spurs, but it wasn't to be," Bilic told Sky Sports. "We were slower and [Liverpool] were quicker.

"We could have scored the first goal and maybe it would have [changed] the game and we should have equalised with [Andre Ayew's] chance. But it wasn't good enough, especially in the second half. There was a little bit of complacency that we wanted to avoid.

"There was no place for that in such a big game, but it was probably there subconsciously."

Bilic also admitted a little bit of relief that such a challenging debut season at West Ham's new home was coming to an end.

"It's been a very difficult one and a very long one," he said. "We've had many obstacles today but it wasn't all about the stadium. We need time to adjust, and we knew that before, but we've also had too many injuries.

"That's why I'd like to give credit to the players, because it was a very hard [season]. We've achieved our minimum goal and we're going to benefit from this in the long-term."

West Ham's business was poor last summer, with very few of their new signings making an impression in the first team, and Bilic says they will need to add some quality to their squad before next season.

"We have to find good players for a few positions and we need to improve the squad as we've had to improvise [in certain positions] at times this season," he said.

Information : skysports.com