West Ham United boss Avram Grant admits there was a lot of soul searching after defeat to Newcastle United on Saturday.
Grant claimed West Ham proved their limp performance against Newcastle was a one-off after watching them come from behind to seal an extra-time victory over Stoke and a place in the Carling Cup quarter-finals.
Asked about the owners' unhappiness with Saturday's second-half half performance, Grant said: "And you think that I was happy with the second half?
"I must say that the second half Saturday, it was not good.
"But if you see all our games - the last six, seven games - it was the exception.
"You want to show that it's the exception."
West Ham certainly did that tonight and Grant added: "We didn't start the game well but the reaction in the second half was great.
"We played well, we dominated the game, and we scored three goals."
