Source: PA
Fixture list looks grim for Grant
Avram Grant admitted West Ham's next two games against free-scoring Manchester United and Chelsea look even more daunting after Saturday's 3-1 defeat to Bolton.
West Ham will head to Old Trafford next weekend without a point to their name, having conceded six times in their opening two games of the 2010-11 Barclays Premier League season.
Grant described the defeat to Bolton as a "strange game" but West Ham were punished for failing to take their chances in a dominant first-half performance.
Carlton Cole had a penalty saved by Bolton goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen, who also did brilliantly to tip Kieron Dyer's shot onto the post. Bolton then snatched the lead with an own goal from Matthew Upson before Johan Elmander struck twice, either side of a Mark Noble penalty which only briefly gave West Ham a lifeline.
Grant admitted: "We knew the next two games were tough fixtures. They are especially so now because we lost. But if you saw the spirit after the game last week, and even after going 2-0 down to Bolton, you know that this season we will not give up and keep fighting.
"We showed we can do it. The spirit was good. We played better than I thought we can. We played like a team right near the top."
