"The effort the players put in was very good. We just needed a bit of luck to go our way," he said after the match. "I'm disappointed Daniel Sturridge's goal was disallowed for offside as I thought it was onside.
"You have to give West Ham credit as they defended very well. I never for one moment thought they were going to win it. They got in some great blocks and are an honest group of players that put their bodies on the line but only one team tried to win it and that was us, but we couldn't put the ball in the back of the net."