Manuel Pellegrini has set his sights on the Premier League’s top six after West Ham picked up a third win on the bounce.
West Ham came from behind againt Crystal Palace as stunning goals from Robert Snodgrass and Felipe Anderson, either side of a Javier Hernandez strike, meant two goals from the visitors were not enough to earn anything in east London.
The win took the Hammers, temporarily at least, into the Premier League’s top ten after a torrid start to Pellegrini’s first campaign with four defeats from their first four games.
Since then, however, West Ham have begun a transformation into a more attacking side and, following a poor first half in Stratford, put their foot down to score all three inside the first 20 second half minutes.
West Ham are now five points from sixth-placed Manchester United, and Pellegrini says they are looking up ahead of their meeting with struggling Fulham next weekend.
"I think we need to continue to recover that bad start to the season. Losing four games in a row the only way to balance that is try to win four games in a row," Pellegrini said.
"As you say we are now in position number 10, five points from the sixth position in the table. Maybe the first five teams have so many points that's difficult, but we must go step by step and try to beat Fulham next week.
"I always look up. I never look down. I always tell the players they must have a winning mentality, they must decide to be a big team so we must be used to seeing what is happening in front of us.
"With that start it was so difficult but we are trying to arrange it. I hope in the next three games of the first round we can add more points and try to be as near the top of the table as we can."
As things stand, with Watford two points behind the Hammers but with a game in hand at Everton on Monday, Pellegrini’s side will not face a side above them in the table until the visit of Arsenal on January 12, ample chance to make up for that start.
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