West Ham boss David Moyes admits he felt he something to prove after his return to the club.
The Hammers are at Sevilla tonight for the Europa League.
Moyes said, “I think I had something to prove when I came back.
“West Ham didn’t take me the first time [in summer 2018], it’s no problem and I admire them for coming back because we can all get things wrong.
“I had to drive myself on and make sure the players saw the best of me. From my point of view it’s been a complete energy from me. The players know what we can expect. I’ve challenged them to get better. I think they’ve got a long way to go, that they can play much better.
“They’ve hit the heights in some games this season where I’ve thought that’s the level. I think because they’ve done it sometimes they can do it more often. I can see everyone is excited for the game but I don’t want it to be excitement because it’s the first time here, I want it to be excitement because we want to play at this level.
“At Everton I lost in the quarter-finals of the Europa League to Fiorentina on penalty kicks. I lost to Bayern Munich in the Champions League. Personally I’m desperate to take that further. I’m up against a very experienced manager [in Julen Lopetegui] who has already won it with Sevilla, so I understand the level of competition that we’ve got.
“I need to show this is what we’re doing and what we’re going to continue doing. As I’ve said before we will be adding to it, making it stronger as we go along. It’s not easy to keep up with the Joneses in England because the competition to stay at this level is so hard. But we’ve got something going at the moment and I’m really enjoying it.”
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