Michail Antonio believes West Ham United are 'too good to go down' despite the Hammers sitting just one point above the relegation zone.
West Ham lost 4-0 at the hands of Brighton & Hove Albion at the Amex Stadium last weekend, and host Aston Villa at the London Stadium on Sunday.
Leeds trail the Hammers by just one point and are only separated from the bottom three on goal difference after losing 1-0 to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge last time out.
Only six points separated 12th to 20th place in the Premier League, but West Ham forward Antonio is confident that his side can steer themselves clear of the relegation mire.
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"We have never thought we will go down, during the whole course of this season, during the bad periods and we have never once thought we will be going down," he said, speaking on the Footballer's Football Podcast.
"We definitely know that we are too good to go down. We are too good to go down, off the back of the last two seasons we have had, we have shown the quality that we have. We haven't lost many players from that squad either, so we still have that quality that we have played with from the last two years, so it shows we have the quality to do better - and we will do better.
"At the end of the day, it is about getting to that 40-point mark. It is so tight down there, with teams winning and coming out [of the bottom three], then losing and going back into it. Everyone is trying to perform and do well, but we have got the quality to do it and we will do it.
"We have had that meeting, we are in a relegation scrap. It is not about being pretty or playing the best football, it is about getting the points on the board, no matter how you do it, you just have to get the points on the board. That's where we are and we know we need to fight, we need to scrap. We have a few players who have been in the Premier League for a long time and we know what it takes."
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