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Dan Burke·2 February 2019

Michail Antonio makes brutally honest West Ham admission

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Michail Antonio admits West Ham have been complacent in recent weeks.

The Hammers beat Arsenal at home in early January but have since lost all three of their games, including a humiliating FA Cup exit at the hands of League One AFC Wimbledon.


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And Antonio says he has had trouble sleeping since the 3-0 defeat away at Wolves in mid-week.

“It pains me. I struggled to sleep that night after the game, especially the way we lost the game, no shots on target. It’s hard to take,” the 28-year-old told Sky Sports.

“In hindsight, it’s just complacency. We’ve won against Arsenal, we were on a good run. The games we’ve lost are the games where people say we should win.

“Complacency creeps in because when you’re playing the top six teams you know you’re in a game. When you’re playing the team around you, you kind of feel, especially if you’ve beaten a top six team before, you’re thinking ‘we’ve beaten Arsenal so we can very likely beat this team today’.

“The things we did against Arsenal, we just don’t do against the teams around us.”

Manuel Pellegrini’s side will face a huge test when they welcome league leaders Liverpool to the London Stadium on Monday evening, ahead of back-to-back London derbies against Crystal Palace and Fulham.