Graham Potter ya fara aikin sa na farko a matsayin manajan West Ham da rashin nasara a gaban Aston Villa a gasar cin kofin FA a ranar Juma’a, inda ya sha kashi da ci 2-1 a filin wasa na Villa Park. Wannan shi ne wasan farko da Potter ya jagoranci Hammers bayan ya karbi ragamar mulki a cikin watan Janairu.
Lucas Paqueta ya zura kwallo a ragar Aston Villa a minti na tara, inda ya ba sabon manajan West Ham damar yin murna a gefen filin wasa. Duk da haka, Amadou Onana da Morgan Rogers sun mayar da martani a rabin na biyu, inda suka ci kwallaye biyu a cikin mintuna biyar don mayar da hankalin wasan zuwa ga masu gida.
Potter, wanda ya karbi ragamar mulki bayan korar David Moyes, ya bayyana cewa ya ji dadin yadda ‘yan wasansa suka yi a wasan, duk da rashin nasarar da suka fuskanta. Ya ce, “Mun yi kyau a farkon wasan, mun sami damar yin tasiri. Amma a rabin na biyu, Villa ta kara matsa lamba, kuma rashin ‘yan wasa kamar Niclas Fullkrug da Crysencio Summerville ya yi tasiri ga yadda muke taka leda.”
Potter ya kuma bayyana cewa yana da kyakkyawan fata game da gaba, yana mai cewa ya ga abubuwa masu kyau da za a iya gina su a kan su. Ya kara da cewa, “Mun yi kokarin da za mu iya, kuma mun sami damar yin wasa mai kyau. Ba mu yi nasara ba, amma akwai abubuwa da yawa da za mu iya gina su a kan su.”
West Ham ta fice daga gasar cin kofin FA a zagaye na uku na karo na biyu a jere, amma tare da sabon manaja, akwai bege na samun nasara a gaba. Potter ya riga ya nuna basirarsa a matsayin manaja a Brighton da Swansea City, kuma masu sha’awar West Ham na fatan cewa zai iya kawo canji mai kyau a kungiyar.
