Zouma: We know we need to pull together and do better

Kurt Zouma is determined to lead West Ham United back to winning ways when his team hosts Brentford in the Premier League on Monday evening.

The captain has been hurt by the Hammers’ recent dip in form, which has seen them fail to win any of the eight games they have played in 2024, knocked out of the Emirates FA Cup and drop from sixth to ninth in the Premier League table.

However, victory over the Bees at London Stadium could see the Irons – who have been drawn to face SC Freiburg of Germany in the UEFA Europa League round of 16 – climb back into the top seven and boost their hopes of qualifying for European competition for the fourth season in succession.

Zouma knows he and his teammates have not performed to their potential in recent matches and has vowed that they will do their best, individually and collectively, to produce their best when they return to action on Monday.

“We are ready to go,” he told whufc.com. “We know we’re in a bad period but we know how football is. When you have some bad moments, you have to stick together as a team and as a family, so we’ll do that and hopefully we can turn things around pretty quick, because we need a result and we need the points as well.

“It’s not a crisis, but a bad moment, so hopefully we can turn things around and get back to where we were before Christmas.”