Source: SKY_Sports
Zola slams first-half showing
// A bit of a hack but it works// The article snippet is wrapped onto a second line, even when #article-sub is emptyif( $("div#article-sub").children().length == 0 ) {$("div#article-sub").remove();} West Ham boss Gianfranco Zola slammed his side's first-half performance following their 3-1 loss at Manchester City.[LNB] The Hammers were behind after just five minutes at Eastlands as Carlos Tevez struck.[LNB]Carlton Cole back-heeled an equaliser, but Martin Petrov made it 2-1 at half-time.[LNB]Things did not improve after the break as Tevez wrapped up the match with his second, and Zola was not happy.[LNB]The Hammers chief was also not too pleased with referee Chris Foy, who disallowed a Scott Parker goal in the first-half - but he refused to blame the officials for the loss.[LNB]"It was a game, in my opinion, that we didn't play at all and yes maybe there was a couple of mistakes from the referee but that is part of the game," Zola said on Sky Sports News.[LNB]Standard"But the standard I am expecting from the team is much more, in the second-half we were better.[LNB]"I am talking about the first-half which wasn't good enough and you can't afford to come to places like this and just give presents to the opposition, they will take advantage of the smallest opportunity."[LNB]Zola finds his side third from bottom and he insists they are better than their league position is showing.[LNB]"For the moment, we haven't been able to show it [how good they are]," he continued.[LNB]"Unless we improve it is not good enough - no doubt we will improve our position and will ask more of ourselves."[LNB]
