West Ham United boss Sam Allardyce admits they were fortunate for their 1-1 draw with West Bromwich Albion.

Following back-to-back defeats at the hands of Chelsea and Arsenal, Allardyce would have targeted a return to winning ways in this game.

But he admitted his side were a little flat - something he had expected and hoped would not prevent them collecting three points.

"In terms of the players and where they are it was a big effort," he said.

"Our finishing quality was something that we wanted when we needed it but we couldn't find it - but effort-wise it was a tremendous effort.

"It would be nothing else other than a tired performance from both teams today. When you fatigue like the lads are going to do, more mistakes happen and that has to be accepted.

"Today it was about the result, not about the performance because the performance was never going to be great. Never. Not after you have asked the players to play a third time in six days - what we needed was to get the result and, unfortunately, we didn't get it."