West Ham boss David Moyes admitted mixed emotions after their 1-1 draw with Aston Villa.
The Hammers fell behind to Ollie Watkins' accurate header on 17 minutes, conceding to Villa's first attack after controlling much of the opening period, but showed character to level nine minutes later when Paquetá was fouled by Leon Bailey and Saïd Benrahma slammed the resulting penalty into the roof of Emiliano Martínez's net.
Moyes said, "I thought we had done enough to get a result today.
"We just needed someone to connect cleanly or somebody to get their head on one of the corners cleanly so we could get a goal from it.
"But, look, it was a much-improved performance from the last couple of games and I'm pleased with the players for that.
"I thought we were the better team in that second half and unfortunate not to get that win.
"Look, Thursday-Sunday, as we've said for a long time, and we know better than anybody now, is not an easy thing.
"I thought the players started the game relatively well. We'd limited them and then they got one opportunity, which we should have defended better, that they scored from.
"But I don't think today anybody would have turned around and said they saw any lack of effort or energy.
"I was worried they'd maybe start to fade a little bit, but I thought they stuck at it and played particularly well in the second half at certain times and I thought maybe could have got that second and third goal.
"I thought, from where I was, it was a penalty kick as he'd gone down the back of [Paquetá's] legs.
"I've not seen it, but I thought it looked a penalty kick from where I was, and I didn't think it would get overturned.
"I was just a bit worried when Declan [Rice] had that one late on [when Emi Buendía went down in the penalty area] because the last thing you need is anything to go against you.
"Saïd took [the penalty] really well, so I'm pleased.
"At the start of the season, we missed a few, at Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, so to get a little bit more comfortable with them is good.
"Manuel Lanzini has taken them quite a bit for us in European football and Saïd's done it here and Lucas Paquetá has done it for us [at Leeds United in January] so we're getting a bit more comfortable."
