West Ham United winger Stewart Downing says there were positives to be drawn from defeat to Manchester City.
Downing insists there's no shame in being beaten by City.
"First and foremost, Man City are a top team," he said. "I thought that in the first half we maybe showed them a little too much respect, although you could see in the goal the quality that they have.
"In the second half, we probably left it a bit late, but after the second goal we started to play and believe in ourselves. That's what will frustrate the manager and the players, that we left it too late on Saturday.
"We got plenty of balls into the box in the second half, got a good goal back and I thought we had the momentum. But then Man City hit us on the break and scored a quality goal to wrap it up."
