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Slaven Bilic wants more confidence from West Ham after draw

West Ham manager Slaven Bilic was pleased with his side's performance in a 1-1 draw at Manchester United but chided his players for appearing "afraid" after taking the lead.

West Ham took the lead through Diafra Sakho after just 90 seconds but were indebted to a brilliant display from keeper Darren Randolph for keeping them in the game after Zlatan Ibrahimovic's leveller.

"I am very pleased with the performance for the point," Bilic said.

"The only thing I didn't like, and I said it at half-time, is when you score a goal you should be more confident than before you score. That is kind of natural but the mentality is you are afraid after you score at Old Trafford.

"From our goal to their equaliser we lost 11 or 12 balls unnecessarily when we could exploit that. So in the first half they were better than us.

"They didn't create a lot but they created one and after they scored.

"At half-time we told the players and the way we played second half was really good, if not great, so I have to praise the players.

They showed commitment, team spirit, character and most of all character."

Asked about counterpart Jose Mourinho's sending off, Bilic said: "I don't know if he deserved to be sent off, I don't know the rules.

"It is hard to judge from our angle if it is a dive or a foul so I can understand it but I didn't want him to be sent off."