'We have to stick together'published at 18:24 GMT 27 December 2025
FT: West Ham 0-1 Fulham
West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen, on what he makes of his side's performance today: "Frustrating. I thought we had good moments, thought we got into the final third well, combined well at times and then just didn't take our chances. I thought mine was the biggest one, I'm an honest person, I've got to score that to give us the lead. I've got to take that blame, take that responsibility. I've got to put that in the back of the net."
On the mood in the dressing room: "It's difficult. I spoke to them in there and I said there's another game on Tuesday, nobody's going to give it us in this league, we have to demand more from ourselves, demand more from each other and that's it.
"The only thing I know is to stick at it and change your fortunes yourself and, like I said, we have a game Tuesday, I said recover, do the right things, come into training tomorrow well. That's all I've known. That's all I've ever known when things aren't going well it's easy to blame, easy to point fingers and ultimately it comes from inside to put it right yourself starting from me first and foremost and that starts now.
"A few people spoke in there and I think it's good to. It's always hard after a game when you lose in the way we did, with the chances we had conversations. It's a really good group and I said the main thing is, as cliche as it sounds, we have to stick together as a team. There's going to be noise, there's going to be everything from the outside world that we can't control. I think the most important thing is to put smiles back on the fans faces and give them something to cheer for because ultimately we haven't done that enough this season.
"We have to stick together as a group. We have to demand more every single day and everyone agrees with that."
