West Ham wing-back Michail Antonio is desperate to return to winning ways.

The Irons face Leicester City on Friday night.

“My missus calls me a 'sore loser' and I'm definitely someone who is competitive and wants to win games, so hopefully we can turn things around and turn these 'Ls' into 'Ws'," he said, with typical bullishness.

“Leicester have picked things up lately and they are doing all right but, for me, it's one of those things where we have a better squad and have got better players and on Friday it should be a win for us."

Antonio also told whufc.com: “Obviously I missed the first week of training under the new manager, which was frustrating, but I spoke to him and he told me what he expects from me and what he wants from me.

“I've now had a couple of days of training with him and his coaches and the sessions were good and sharp, so hopefully we can take that sharpness into the game against Leicester."

Meanwhile, Irons boss David Moyes has offered hope to their young players.

He said, "I've always wanted to introduce young players, especially when I think it's right, as I showed during my time at Everton.

"Declan Rice has already been in the side for a few games this season. The bigger problem for Toni Martinez is that he has competition in front of him from other centre forwards – Andre Ayew, Diafra Sakho, obviously Andy Carroll as well can do that roll – so that's his biggest thing.

"Young Domingos Quina has been training with us and he was on the bench as well. We're a bit short of midfield players, so the openings can come for young players due to injuries or suspensions or just not having players in those positions."