Graham Potter pleased with West Ham United's performance despite draw with Everton

West Ham United manager Graham Potter said he was pleased with his team's performance overall, despite the disappointment of conceding a goal in stoppage time, following their 1-1 draw with Everton.

In this game, Tomasz Soucek opened the scoring for West Ham United in the second half, but Jack O'Brien equalized the score in stoppage time, helping Everton grab 1 point at home.

Porter said after the game: "Of course, when you lose the ball at the end of the game, you will always feel a little disappointed, but if you look at it from a bigger picture perspective, we did a good job overall."

“We created some good chances in the first half and did a good job of limiting Everton’s attack. However, we were a little too deep so we made some adjustments after the break. This allowed us to improve our performance in the second half and we scored a good goal and had a few good chances.”

"To be honest, I don't remember Areola having too many chances to save. But it's not easy to lead 1-0 at Goodison Park. The atmosphere of the home fans makes the opponent more motivated. Even if the opponent doesn't create too many threats, you will feel the pressure.

"We played well overall, but one distraction gave the opponent an opportunity. In the end, we have to accept the draw."

The match was Potter's 10th game in charge of West Ham United and he believes the team has made positive progress under his leadership.

"This has been an enjoyable but also challenging time. There are some things we did well and some things we need to improve on, which is to be expected."

"Our first goal is to improve defensive stability because the team has lost too many goals in the past period of time. In this case, it is difficult to focus on improving the offensive end, so we first made adjustments on the defensive end and made considerable progress."

"We have got seven points in the last four games, which is a good result, but the team still has room for improvement."