West Ham United defender Matthew Upson is confident they have too much quality to be relegated.

Regardless of what their rivals do, captain Upson believes the Hammers will pick up enough points from their remaining three matches to safeguard their top-flight status.

"It was a disappointing performance on Monday," the England centre-back told whufc.com. "Liverpool played pretty well but we were quite disappointed after the last couple of games.

"I thought we didn't react quickly enough to situations defensively, which cost us really. Once you go behind at Anfield at the moment, they keep the ball so well and create space and move the ball so well and it's very difficult to get a grip of the game.

"I thought we had a couple of little decent chances in the second half when Franco came on and made a difference. He slid a couple of little balls through that looked decent, but we didn't particularly threaten and it made it a long evening for us.

"I don't think defeat has jolted the confidence because we know what's at stake on Saturday and I think it's going to be a survival match. Everything else goes out of the window at that point and the intensity we need to play with and how we're going to go about getting the points are all that matters. We'll have to be fully committed and do our jobs properly to get the points."

Upson added: "I think we'll stay up. I've always said 'Yes' and I'll continue to say that. We'll definitely stay up. I'm confident."