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Tom Clark

Michail Antonio pinpoints two key reasons behind West Ham's loss to Leeds ahead of Man Utd clash

Michail Antonio has blamed fatigue and defensive errors for West Ham's defeat to Leeds United in their last Premier League match.

The Hammers had a chance to close the gap on Chelsea in third spot and stretch their lead over their challengers for a top-four place but fell to a disappointing 3-2 defeat to Marcelo Bielsa's team.

Declan Rice and David Moyes have both partly put the defeat down to fatigue in the West Ham camp and when this was suggested to Antonio the striker agreed, however, he also highlighted the performance of the Hammers defence.

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