West Ham boss Moyes bemoans 'huge individual errors' against Aston Villa

David Moyes bemoaned 'huge individual errors' in West Ham's capitulation against Aston Villa on Sunday as the Hammers were hit hard in a 4-1 defeat by Unai Emery's promising side who are now just two points off the league summit.

Man-for-man Villa were imperious for the majority of the game as they recorded their 11th consecutive Premier League victory on home turf. Two teams predicted as equals before the match were quickly shown to be anything but that.

Douglas Luiz' driven shot deservedly put Villa ahead going into the break before Lucas Paqueta's glaring mistake resulted in the midfielder scoring his second from the penalty spot.

Paqueta's woeful back-pass forced Edson Alvarez into a clumsy challenge on Ezri Konsa, with the Hammers later falling foul to two more goals after Jarrod Bowen's strike briefly inspired hope of a comeback.

'Huge individual errors where things didn't go our way,' said Moyes when analysing his first loss against Villa in 13 years.

'I still go back to first half, very close with not a lot in it at 1-0, we missed opportunities to score, chances to make opportunities to score and that was the bit that was bugging me.

'I think today I am not having my team losing by four goals. We might have new players making the team better, but I'm not having a team losing by four goals as soft as we did today,' he said.

Meanwhile, Mohammed Kudus is still yet to make his first Premier League start since joining from Ajax in a £38m summer transfer, while Michail Antonio has been picked to lead the line for the Hammers in every top-flight fixture this season.

The Ghanian would have been hoping his brilliant strike that rescued a draw against Newcastle prior to the latest international break would have forced him into