West Ham boss Manuel Pellegrini was left frustrated with their defending after a 2-2 draw with Leicester City.

Harvey Barnes grabbed his first Foxes goal in stoppage time to salvage a point for the visitors.

“I think we deserved more, especially because again we scored a legal goal, which would have made it 3-1," Pellegrini observed. “With that goal, the game was finished, but the same as happened against Manchester United, the linesman's decision meant we didn't win this game.

“I have seen the goal and he was one metre onside. There is nothing I can do about that. Maybe next season when we have the VAR, it will be fairer and we will get the right result."

The Hammers have now conceded 26 goals in 16 games since the turn of the year – a statistic the manager is far from happy with.

“We also conceded two easy goals, including one in the last minute of the game," he said. “In most part of the second round, we are conceding two goals in each game, which is too much.

“We used space in the wrong way in our defending. We were pressing too high with our centre-backs without any reason and they have good players and put the ball into this space.

“In general, I think the team played well, but you cannot concede so many goals. We can defend better."