West Ham United midfielder Lucas Paqueta insists there's positives to draw from defeat at Liverpool.

The Irons matched the Reds to halftime, before eventually succumbing 3-1 on the day.

Paqueta told whufc.com: “It was a tough game.

“We knew how strong Liverpool would be. [The loss] is annoying though because we did have chances to win the game, just like against City.

“We need to keep our confidence up, though. We're playing better, our game's evolving. We're disappointed with a loss against Liverpool so that's a sign of how we've come on.

“We were good in both games and we had chances to win. We didn't win - that's part of football but we're showing improvements that we're competing against these teams and having chances to beat them.

“Now it's back to training hard day-by-day so we can come out on top in our next challenge."