The Ghanaian winger has acknowledged that West Ham ought to have defended higher throughout their loss towards SC Freiburg on Thursday night time.
David Moyes’ aspect misplaced the primary leg of their spherical of 16 tie in Germany with substitute Michael Gregoritsch scoring the one purpose of the sport within the 81st minute.
After a swift counter-attack from Freiburg, Roland Sallai’s shot from simply inside the realm discovered its technique to Gregoritsch on the again publish who tapped in from two yards out.
Loads of fingers have been pointed at Kurt Zouma for his defending within the scenario, failing to chop out the ball because it got here throughout the field.
Talking after the sport, Mohammed Kudus claimed that his aspect ought to have defended higher.
“They scored a late purpose to win it, I believe we will do higher defensively.” He advised the official West Ham web site through Hammer Information.
The London membership now have a steep hill to climb as they put together for the second leg of the tie on the London Stadium subsequent Thursday night.
However first, they need to get previous Burnley within the Premier League on Sunday as they appear to place the strain on sixth-place Manchester United in order that they’ll safe one other potential Europa League spot for subsequent season.
