West Ham fullback Ryan Fredericks says they stood off Chelsea too much for Monday's defeat.

Now they face Manchester United at Old Trafford this Saturday and full back Fredericks insists a big change of approach is needed.

He said: “We can't give too much respect to the opposition. The top six teams have got great players, but so have we.

“We need to go into every game, no matter who we are playing, and take the game to them.

“In the first half against Chelsea we weren't at it at all, and I think we probably gave them a bit too much respect, which let them play.

“We didn't play our stuff and the manager told us that he wasn't happy with the first half – and rightly so.

"We came out for the second and we were a bit better. We had a couple of chances."