David Moyes has confirmed that strikers Michail Antonio and Gianluca Scamacca are doubts for West Ham’s trail back and forth to Arsenal on Boxing Day.

The Irons headed into the World Cup shatter on the support of two straight league defeats as effectively as having exited the Carabao Cup to Blackburn.

Despite presiding over what has been West Ham’s worst delivery to a top-flight season since 1976, Moyes remains assured the squad earn what it takes to flip things around as they put collectively to hasten to Premier League leaders Arsenal on Boxing Day.

“There might perchance be fairly deal of things we did (over the shatter). Now we earn regarded to search the keep we can toughen and what we must be doing better. Clearly there might perchance be a whole bunch room for development,” Moyes acknowledged.

“So we earn got tried to work in direction of it. The gamers earn proven a honest attitude since coming support, but it absolutely is no longer take care of we earn got continuously no longer performed effectively.

“Now we must in any appreciate times be honest a tiny extra clinical, absolutely after we’re seeking to rating and be that bit extra ruthless defensively after we earn got to be as effectively.”

Moyes suggested a press convention: “It has been considerable as I think the gamers wanted a shatter – we had performed extra video games than anybody else.

“We didn’t trail away, so we had been practicing at Shuffle Green by the snow. Now we earn had some friendly video games and they’ve long gone rather effectively for us.

“We want to search out the momentum we had in the final couple of seasons and safe support to the phases we had been at forward of.”

Despite finding his keep beneath the spotlight, Moyes – who took West Ham to successive sixth and seventh-positioned finishes as effectively because the semi-finals of the Europa League – remains obvious to raise eager on issues he can earn watch over.

“I if truth be told earn had gargantuan conversations with David Sullivan and as you change into older, you don’t feel the stress so great,” the Scot acknowledged.

“Now we earn had two or three years of gargantuan times and in most cases you earn dips and once in a while take care of that you just wish the board and every person to stick collectively.”

Forwards Gianluca Scamacca (ankle) and Michail Antonio (calf) face unhurried effectively being tests forward of the trail back and forth to the Emirates Stadium, but defender Kurt Zouma is decided for a spell on the sidelines after having surgical treatment on a knee pickle.

“I’m no longer sure in the event that they’re going to be on hand but,” acknowledged Moyes.

“Gianluca’s obtained an ankle worry, Micks [Antonio] has obtained a tiny little bit of a calf stress, so we’re hoping that they’ve each obtained a wager. I think they’re each doubtful.

“I think the total golf equipment in the Premier League, you are going to definitely no longer know who’s fit and on hand from who has returned but from the World Cup.”

The absence of West Ham’s two fundamental strikers might perchance per chance well see Jarrod Bowen play by the center in opposition to Arsenal.

Declan Rice, Lucas Paqueta, Alphonse Areola, Thilo Kehrer and Nayef Aguerd had been all away at the World Cup.

Defender Aguerd neglected each Morocco’s quarter-final victory over Portugal as effectively because the next final loss to France, and remains to be assessed.

“Nayef had a virus and an worry as effectively, which didn’t attend him,” Moyes acknowledged. “He’s no longer support in but, but can support in the next day and we can see how he’s.

“He is a terribly staunch footballer so optimistically he’ll toughen us in the 2d half of of the season.”

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