Potter's post-match analysis was scathing, with the gaffer admitting that his team's performance was woefully inadequate. "We want to do better, we're frustrated, it's the honest truth," he declared. "We thought we took a step forward against Liverpool, but today it wasn't good enough." The Hammers' boss laid bare the issues that plagued his team, from sloppy giveaways to lackluster attacking play.

Potter's frustration was palpable as he dissected the game, pointing out that not enough players stepped up to the plate consistently. "Lots of things that you can pick the game apart and it wasn't there, not enough players playing well," he lamented. "We don't know what we're going to get sometimes, because the Premier League offers a different challenge every game."

The Hammers' struggles at home have been a recurring theme, and Potter acknowledged that his team needs to do better for their loyal supporters. "We're suffering here and we have to do better for our supporters because they're so important to us and we're not doing enough," he said, his words dripping with disappointment.

Potter's analysis of the game's turning points was stark, highlighting the cumulative effect of cheap giveaways, misplaced passes, and unenforced errors. "It's a combination of things," he said. "If you give the ball away cheaply, you don't attack well enough, you turn the ball over, you feed their game. That makes it very difficult to create and to control a game of football in an attacking sense at this level."

The Hammers' boss is clear: his team needs to raise their game, and fast. With a Premier League campaign that's already hit the skids, Potter knows that his team can't afford to waste any more points.