New West Ham coach Graham Potter has not got the start he wanted after Aston Villa came from behind to knock his team out of the FA Cup by 2-1 at Villa Park.

Graham Potter suffered a painful start to his West Ham reign as Aston Villa's late surge sealed a 2-1 win in the FA Cup third round on Friday.

New West Ham United manager Graham Potter said there were plenty of positives to take from his side's FA Cup third-round defeat by Aston Villa on Friday and that there was no shortage of talent in the squad.

Mohammed Kudus and his West Ham United teammates crashed out of the FA Cup in Graham Potter's first game in charge, losing 2-1 to Aston Villa on Friday.

West Ham have been a bit of a mess this season and Graham Potter has a fair bit of work to do. Some of the results have been OK but others have been catastrophic. They have the players to do so, but there has been no confidence or belief,

Aston Villa came from behind to defeat West Ham United 2-1 in the FA Cup third round on Friday after a controversial goal from Amadou Onana and a strike from Morgan Rogers denied Graham Potter a victory in his first game as the visitors' manager.

Graham Potter welcomed his first win at West Ham but admitted the performance was “far from” what he wants to see long-term. The Hammers won their first home match under Potter as they beat Fulham 3-2 at the London Stadium on Tuesday night.

Four shots and three goals - and most importantly three points - against Fulham will delight new Hammers boss Graham Potter. The former Brighton and Chelsea boss will not have had much time to work with his players - and his previous sides have often lacked a cutting edge - so this was an encouraging start.

LONDON (Reuters) -West Ham United rode their luck to beat charitable London rivals Fulham 3-2 at the London Stadium in new manager Graham Potter's first Premier League match in charge on Tuesday. A fluent Fulham side dominated the derby but failed to take their chances and gifted the hosts two goals,

If this was a sign of things to come from West Ham then the ride could be a lot of fun with Graham Potter steering the ship. A first Premier League victory and first home win at his first attempt as Hammers boss needed two absolute gifts from Fulham and a fair old dollop of good fortune as they piled on the pressure at the end,