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West Ham skipper Kurt Zouma was honest about his side\u2019s struggles in their 1-0 defeat to Freiburg.<\/p>\n
The Hammers now face an uphill battle to reach the quarter-finals of the Europa League after Michael Gregoritsch\u2019s late strike secured a memorable first-leg victory for the hosts.<\/p>\n
David Moyes\u2019 side failed to take the game by the scruff of the neck, only matching Freiburg\u2019s total of four shots on target and recording just 41% of the possession.<\/p>\n
But the Hammers will fancy their chances of pulling off a comeback in the last-16 second leg after beating the Bundesliga outfit home and away in the group stage \u2014 although Zouma knows serious improvement is required at the London Stadium.<\/p>\n
The French defender, 29, told TNT Sports: \u201cIt was a tough game today, we didn\u2019t play well throughout the whole game. We didn\u2019t have many chances.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is another game next week and hopefully we can play better.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are many things [which could be to blame], we didn\u2019t start the game the right way, maybe physically but no reason.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are days like this in football.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite their sub-par display, West Ham will feel they should have been awarded a penalty deep into stoppage time after the ball appeared to strike the arm of youngster Noah Weisshaupt while it was in an unnatural decision.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
In the end, the referee controversially chose to stick with his on-field decision following a long VAR check \u2014 but Zouma refused to use the late drama as an excuse for defeat.<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cI don\u2019t know [if it was the right decision]. The decision took a bit of time and the referee took a lot of time. It is what it is.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe game is over. I don\u2019t want to go back to it now.\u201d<\/mark> LiveScore: Live Sport Updates<\/p>\n
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