Sam Allardyce was happy with West Ham's ability to bounce back against Stoke in the 1-1 draw on Monday, but felt his side 'deserved' to have come away from their Premier League clash with the win.
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Jon Walters' well-taken strike put the Potters in front in the first-half at Upton Park, although the Hammers were able to battle back after the break as Joey O'Brien ensured a share of the spoils.
Allardyce, though, was not entirely happy with just a point, which left his side seventh in the standings, below Arsenal on goal difference after 12 league matches.
"I thought we deserved three (points) in the end, over the 90 minutes. I thought Stoke were better than us in the first half," Allardyce told Sky Sports.
"We had to recover from an extremely good goal from Jon Walters. It was well-worked and an extremely good finish. Having to come from 1-0 down in any Premier League game is difficult.
"The way we said to the full-backs at half-time: 'Let's get forward more' was key. Kevin Nolan had a great chance from George McCartney and that set the stall out for us. Then we scored from another chance.
"There were several other chances that we had. We needed to finish them off because we created enough chances to win it, but we move on with another point on the board reasonably happy.
"You can see ours (corner routine) too when Gary (O'Neil) was about five or six inches wide of the far post. It nearly resulted in a goal - theirs did and I guess that ended up being the difference today between winning and draw.
"There were other chances. We rarely let them out of their own half and that really pleased me after the knock-back of going 1-0 down. I'm really pleased with the spirit and the belief."
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