{"id":287702,"date":"2023-09-16T01:36:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T01:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=287702"},"modified":"2023-09-16T01:36:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T01:36:46","slug":"david-moyes-says-west-ham-have-stepped-up-since-losing-declan-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/david-moyes-says-west-ham-have-stepped-up-since-losing-declan-rice\/","title":{"rendered":"David Moyes says West Ham have &apos;stepped up&apos; since losing Declan Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>West Ham boss David Moyes says his team have &#8216;stepped up&#8217; since losing Declan Rice&#8230; as the East London side face a challenge in their unbeaten run against Manchester City<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hammers have secured three wins and a draw in first four games of the season<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Former captain Declan Rice left this summer to join Arsenal in a \u00a3105m move<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Boss David Moyes compared his club to Everton after losing Wayne Rooney\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>David Moyes\u00a0believes his West Ham players have stepped up since the departure of Declan Rice in the same way his Everton team did after losing Wayne Rooney.<\/p>\n<p>The Hammers have shown no signs of missing Rice, who joined Arsenal in a \u00a3105million move this summer, with three wins and a draw from their opening four games.<\/p>\n<p>Moyes compared managing Rice&#8217;s exit to his rebuild at Everton after Rooney&#8217;s move to Manchester United in 2004 \u2013 the Toffees went on to qualify for the Champions League in the following season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When I lost Wayne Rooney I thought, &#8216;this is going to caze in. How am I going to do it?&#8217; Moyes said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But you go out and try and buy more team players. But also people inside the building have to stand up a little bit more.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/19\/75484869-12523865-image-m-55_1694801411378.jpg\" height=\"397\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Hammers signed Championship side Southampton&#8217;s star player James Ward-Prowse<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/19\/75484945-12523865-image-m-58_1694801465800.jpg\" height=\"391\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>West Ham have secured three wins and a draw in their opening four games of the season so far<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/19\/75484961-12523865-image-m-59_1694801542548.jpg\" height=\"373\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ward-Prowse has bagged three assists and one goal for the Hammers in his first three matches<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/19\/75484939-12523865-image-m-61_1694801696022.jpg\" height=\"388\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Hammers have shown no signs of missing Rice, who joined Arsenal in a \u00a3105million move this summer, with a successful start of three wins and a draw from their opening four games<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think that happened then and my early feeling is that&#8217;s happening now. Although it&#8217;s early days, that&#8217;s what we want from them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Years ago this club lost Dimitri Payet who was probably the talisman. But the club has to move on and that&#8217;s what happens in football.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You&#8217;re quite quickly forgotten about and we have to find a team and a way of playing that suits the players we have.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We have a strong group with players like Angelo Ogbonna, Aaron Cresswell, Lukasz Fabianski and James Ward-Prowse. We have a group of senior leaders including Michail Antonio. So they&#8217;ve all stepped up and in many cases they were a huge help to Declan, as was Mark Noble.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>West Ham&#8217;s unbeaten run will be put to the test when they face Premier League leaders Manchester City at home this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12523865\/West-Ham-boss-David-Moyes-says-team-stepped-losing-Declan-Rice-East-London-face-challenge-unbeaten-run-against-Manchester-City.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Ham boss David Moyes says his team have &#8216;stepped up&#8217; since losing Declan Rice&#8230; as the East London side<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287701,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>David Moyes says West Ham have &amp;apos;stepped up&amp;apos; 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