Nuno Espirito Santo has admitted that West Ham got lucky despite thrashing Wolves 4-0 at the London Stadium to move out of the relegation zone.
Braces for Konstantinos Mavropanos and Taty Castellanos ensured the Hammers moved out of the bottom three for the first time since November at the expense of Tottenham.
However, despite the scoreline, it was a far from comfortable evening before Mavropanos headed home in the 42nd minute to give West Ham the lead.
Wolves were the better team for much of the first half, as the hosts toiled on a night of high expectation, and Nuno acknowledged his side were fortunate to be leading at the break.
“The first half was tough, we lost a lot of time possession of the ball, we didn't close the lines, we were lucky the moment that we scored, everything changes, the dynamic changes,” Nuno said afterwards.
“In the second half, our work off the ball was good, we were really compact, aggressive, we still had the ball and we played forward.”
West Ham scored four times in a game for the first time since October 2024 to intensify the pressure on the teams around them, with Spurs dropping into the bottom three for the first time this season.
Nuno, though, maintains that tonight’s result “changes nothing” in their bid for Premier League survival.
“It doesn't change anything, next week we play after all the opponents. So we have to focus on ourselves, and today we did the job. This is what we have to do.
“It's going to be a long week, a good week in terms of energy, and then prepare for Crystal Palace.”
