Parker tells West Ham fans: Your anger made it difficult for us against Bolton

Published: 08 Mar 2010 - 10:58:29

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Parker tells West Ham fans: Your anger made it difficult for us against Bolton

West Ham midfielder Scott Parker says the Upton Park crowd made life even more difficult for the team during Saturday's 2-1 defeat against Bolton. Upton Park misery: West Ham fans had long since gone before Bolton boss Owen Coyle and scorer Kevin Davies could celebrate their win The tough-tackling star also admitted that 'individual errors' were to blame for the disappointing defeat, which allowed fellow relegation battlers Bolton to leapfrog the Hammers in the Barclays Premier League table. Gianfranco Zola's side were 2-0 down within 16 minutes. First Julien Faubert and James Tomkins allowed Kevin Davies to get in between them and head in the opener. Then Tomkins allowed Davies to barge past him and put in a cross that West Ham's other defenders made a mess of clearing, allowing Jack Wilshere to score. That awful start ensured the locals were agitated throughout. Parker said: 'I just felt that the crowd were a little bit restless and rightly so, because we didn't really give them anything to go on. 'When you're out there, it's always difficult, and when you feel the edginess of the fans - which was rightly so - it was always going to be hard. After a little while, although we kept digging in, it became increasingly difficult. 'It was a very frustrating afternoon. It was a poor result and a poor start from us. We didn't come out of the blocks at all, started the game really badly and a couple of individual errors cost us. 'When you're 2-0 down within 15 minutes, it is always going to be tough. We got a goal back late on and, to be honest, we didn't deserve anything out of the game, the way we played. Having said that, we did have some good chances, but we didn't have a cutting edge.' Over and out: West Ham's Scott Parker is fouled by Bolton Wanderers' Tamir Cohen - who saw red for doing so Things get even tougher for the Hammers, who take on Chelsea and Arsenal next. Speaking about the Chelsea match on Saturday, Parker said: 'It's going to be a tough game. We'd like to have come out of this game (against Bolton) with three points or at least one. Having said that, we went there last year and got something. 'The one thing we need to do at Stamford Bridge is to start the game right and, if we do, and we get the fundamentals right, then we have a chance. When you go to Chelsea, you're always going to be up against a good, good team, so it's going to be difficult.' West Ham 1 Bolton 2: Fit-again Kieron Dyer vows to prove doubters wrongWest Ham 1 Bolton 2: Ten-man Trotters continue Hammers hoodooI had it worse than Ramsey - Kieron Dyer relives his Hammers horrorCrocked Wes Brown's World Cup fear: Manchester United defender a major doubt for South Africa WEST HAM UNITED FC