Kouyate lauds West Ham’s supporters
West Ham midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate has heaped the praise on the club’s fans following the 1-1 draw at Burnley.
As quoted by Goal, the Senegal international discussed the toughly contested draw at Turf Moor, and was extremely grateful to the 3,000 West Ham fans that travelled to see the match.
We have the best fans in England, you know, and everywhere we go the fans are coming and making noise for the team. They’ve just got to continue that for the next game.
The draw sees West Ham remain in 15th place after what has been a hugely underwhelming start to the campaign. The visitors took the lead through Michail Antonio, but were reduced to ten men after Andy Carroll was sent off for two bookings in as many minutes.
However, Burnley ended up pulling one back, and snatched a point through Chris Wood in the second half.
We were winning 1-0 until the 85th minute and then took a goal, which was very hard for us. We are so angry because it’s possible to take three points from this game, but we took one point.
This is football, though, so we just have to concentrate on the next game because we need to take a lot of points.
Kouyate and West Ham fans alike will be hoping that the team can turn draws into wins on a consistent basis this season as they aim to improve on last term’s evident shortcomings.
West Ham take on Brighton at home on Friday.