Disappointed Hammers boss Gianfranco Zola blamed his strikers for not taking their chances and giving West Ham a deserved share of the spoils. Carlton Cole and Matthew Etherington were both guilty of missing good chances in the 1-0 defeat at Hull.

Zola said: "When we create chances and play the way we're playing we need to score and we didn't do that.

"Right now that's the missing part of this team and we need to work on finishing because we're creating a lot. It's down to the players but I totally trust their ability and I'm sure we'll get it right soon."

Zola went on to question referee Chris Foy's decision to disallow an opportunist first-half effort from Herita Ilunga.

Zola added: "I spoke to the referee and he said it was dangerous play. I'm not convinced about that because he didn't touch anybody. But apart from that we had other occasions when we could have done better.

"I don't think we deserved to come out of that game with nothing today. But that's football - sometimes it's not very logical. It's hard and disappointing but we can't do anything about it."