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.

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Jurgen Klopp: It's 'really silly' to assume Liverpool will beat Middlesbrough

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says his side deserved all three points after a dominant 4-0 win at West Ham.

Jurgen Klopp is taking nothing for granted after Liverpool's 4-0 victory over West Ham left them on the brink of securing Champions League football for next season.

Liverpool ran out comfortable winners at the London Stadium on Sunday and know victory at home to Middlesbrough in their final game next Sunday will guarantee a top-four finish.

Manchester City could yet leapfrog Liverpool into third if they win or draw their game in hand against West Brom on Tuesday, while Arsenal realistically need a victory over Sunderland on the same night to take their slim hopes of securing a Champions League spot to the last day.

But even with Liverpool in pole position, Klopp does not want his side's intensity to drop when they welcome already-relegated Boro next weekend.

"We play Middlesbrough and it will be difficult. They have nothing to lose while we have everything to win," Klopp told Sky Sports after the match.

"I said in the dressing room immediately after, that we've known for weeks that we will have to go until the end, so that's no problem for us.

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"We want to do this, we want to be successful. If we win, we deserve to be in the Champions League, if not, then we don't deserve it. That's pretty easy.

"I thought we found a really good mood for this game, and if we can do it in a similar way in the next game then that's good. But counting points before you have them is really silly, so we will not do this. We prepare ourselves and try to do our best."

It turned out to be an emphatic victory at West Ham, who just one week before had beaten London rivals Tottenham to all-but end the club's hopes of catching leaders Chelsea.

Daniel Sturridge opened the scoring in his first league start since January, while Philippe Coutinho fired in a quick double before Divock Origi added a fourth.

And with Klopp opting to switch to a 4-4-2 diamond formation, the German said he was delighted to welcome Sturridge into the starting XI, which also saw Coutinho play in a deeper role.

"It's a cool thing having Daniel in this shape. We had two options because we could have played Adam [Lallana] at eight instead of Phil, but we wanted to create more space for Coutinho to play more passes and be more influential.

"You need to get used to things. It's not about a system, it's about how the players use it. We defended well so that was really good.

"Each player in the world, even a world-class player like Daniel, needs training. I cannot change this, it's not about me, we all have to use our body.

"It's nice that we can bring him into these games. His smartness was fantastic, and hopefully we can go through this week without injuries."

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