West Ham United defender James Collins says they can be proud of their performance for the draw with Manchester City.

City rarely threatened the Hammers on the day.

"We were good but we knew we had to do it at home because, by our standards, we were poor last week at Wigan," Collins told whufc.com. "Especially with the run of games coming up, we knew we had to come and play well and defend well and we have done that.

"Certainly in the second half we were camped on the edge of our box for long periods but that's what you have got to do against such a quality team. You know you are going to have to defend and not make mistakes. I think we did both of those things well.

"My performance was about right for me - I head it, kick it and block it! I'm happy. We're keeping clean sheets and defending well apart from a few games when we've been a bit slack and not on our game. Overall we've defended well as a team this season."