Blackburn manager Mark Hughes was left disappointed that his side left East London with nothing after having taken the lead against West Ham.
Blackburn Rovers took the lead against West Ham United at the Boleyn Ground, but finished up losing 2-1, 18-year-old substitute Freddie Sears scoring a late Hammers’ winner after Dean Ashton had equalised a headed opener by Roque Santa Cruz.
Afterwards, Hughes admitted Rovers were disappointing in the second half.
“We allowed West Ham back into a game we felt quite comfortable in,” he said.
“We didn’t seem in danger, without reaching a decent level ourselves.
“Maybe there wasn’t enough drive in our game to see it out and win it. As the away side, you know the home team will put you under pressure - and they capitalised on poor play from us.
“We seem to be the right team at the right time for West Ham - we’ve done it again for them.”
Mark Hinton, Goal. com
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