Saturday 2 May 2015 20:22, UK
West Ham boss Sam Allardyce believes his side fully deserved their 1-0 victory over Burnley on Saturday at Upton Park.
The Hammers claimed victory thanks to a Mark Noble penalty, after Burnley defender Michael Duff was sent off for a foul in the box on Cheikhou Kouyate.
"What pleased me was that we kept a clean sheet," said Allardyce. "We've known for a long time that without our leading scorers goals have been harder to come by.
"In the end the 1-0 victory is deserved but it should have been by a lot more based on our chances created."
Allardyce also believed that the dismissal of Duff was "harsh", but there was no doubting it was a spot-kick.
He added: "It looked like there was a defender in the right position to get a block on it. But obviously from our point of view it was a penalty, and that's the important thing."
Allardyce was also pleased to make it to the 47-point mark in the Premier League, one more than he has ever managed with West Ham in the Premier League.
But he admitted it could have been even more were it not for dropping sloppy points in recent games.
"We know how much we've thrown away in great positions," he said. "This win should've taken us to 54 (points) based on recent losses of games in final seconds of matches.
"But overall you look at what we've done today and we've got ourselves in the top half and our performances have been good, and at some stages magnificent, across the whole season.
"We've thrilled a lot of people and because it hasn't gone so well recently they tend to forget that. We've scored more goals in the Premier League than we've ever done and we can now try and finish with a couple more wins then look forward to next season."
