West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has warned his players that beating bottom of the table Sunderland at the Stadium of Light will be more difficult than winning at Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool.

"It is different in the size of the clubs and for West Ham it meant more because we didn't win at Anfield for 52 years," Bilic said.

"It's a bigger story around those games but this game is more difficult than those ones.

"Now everybody around us is expecting us to win that game. That can put us in a situation where we are a little bit relaxed.

"You can be on your toes but not fully aware. If that difference comes we are in trouble. We have to make sure we are the right way in approaching the game.

"Only if we are like we have been in the previous three away games will we have a chance to come back happy."

"Our three wins and where we got them mean absolutely nothing," Bilic added.

"If we start to think for a couple of seconds about how we did against Arsenal, Liverpool or Manchester City and think it is going to be easier against Sunderland, we had better stop that before we even start.

"Are we confident? Yes we are. But we are playing a team who have also been unlucky in some of their games. They have to start collecting points. "We are expecting a tough, tough game on Saturday