Lopetegui is asking West Ham fans to postpone their judgment until May

Under-pressure West Ham manager Julen Lopetegui has told the club’s supporters to postpone their judgment on him until the end of the season.

The former Real Madrid and Spain boss replaced David Moyes in the summer but has suffered a disappointing start to the new season despite spending £120million on nine new players.

The Hammers have lost their first three home games for the first time in their history and were beaten 5-1 by Liverpool in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday.

“The coach’s job is always like this,” said the Spaniard, who was criticized by sections of the home support during the 3-0 defeat to Chelsea last Saturday.

“We have experience in this and think about how we can improve the team, play better and develop our skills to win games.

“This is our job and this is the high pressure I can feel every day as a coach. I think the Premier League has 38 games and we will talk in May.”

West Ham, who are fourteenth in the Premier League, travel to Brentford on Saturday before hosting Ipswich. They hope that in two matches they will provide a platform to move up.

“It’s always important to win, especially if you lost the last two games like we did,” Lopetegui said.

“That’s why it’s always important for us and the match against Brentford will also be like that: important, three points against a very good team.

“We knew we were going to have a lot of work and a lot of problems. Always one win increases your self-confidence, increases a lot of good things for you and that’s what we work for.”