Nuno Espirito Santo admitted it was “tough” to talk to Kyle Walker-Peters after dragging him off at half-time for the second game running as West Ham drew 1-1 at home to QPR.
Walker-Peters has been a mainstay under Nuno since West Ham’s relegation to the Championship, but the 29-year-old will no doubt have suffered a crisis of confidence over the last month after being taken off at the interval in successive games against Millwall and QPR.