'Always under pressure' - patience for Nuno wanes at West Ham
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6-second readWest Ham United head coach Nuno Espirito Santo says he is under pressure every day as West Brom win intensifies criticism of him.
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You just know all is not well at a club when your own fans are singing "sacked in the morning" at you. That fate befell Nuno Espirito Santo as he cut a lone figure on the edge of the West Ham technical area deep into four added minutes at the end of Saturday's dismal 3-1 home defeat by West Brom.
"You only need to write two things: 'West Ham are (bad) and he needs to go'," said one irate fan at the London Stadium as they filed out past the press tribunes.
Asked if he felt his job was under pressure after the game, Nuno replied in bullish fashion: "I am always under pressure. The Portuguese does cut a frustrated figure these days.
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