The Manchester City boss believes both teams showcased their attacking potential in an end-to-end game at Upton Park, with Enner Valencia and Sergio Aguero netting twice each
Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini says his side's draw against West Ham was "not bad" despite admitting it was not the result he wanted.
Two goals from Sergio Aguero, the second of which arrived in the 81st minute, earned the visitors a share of the spoils at Upton Park after Enner Valencia had twice put the hosts ahead.
City have now tasted victory in only one of their last eight away Premier League games and trail surprise leaders Leicester City by three points.
"A draw was not what we wanted before the game," Pellegrini told Sky Sports. "It is not a bad result, but it was not what we wanted before.
"If you analyse the whole game I think that we had two or three clear chances to score. We hit the post twice and had one clear chance at the end.
"It was a difficult game. I was not happy the way we conceded the second goal. We lost with a throw-in after Fabian Delph had shot to the post, it comes in the next play and that brought the goal.
"Until the last minute I don't think I saw Joe [Hart] had to really work very hard. I thought we played near their box, but it was a close game for both teams and a good game for both sets of fans. It was end-to-end because both teams play in an attacking way.
"West Ham have very difficult players up front so you have to be very concentrated to try and stop them. With our team the same thing, I think we always try to arrive and that makes a game more open.
"We always try to play with attacking players and creative players. I think it was important when we were losing 2-1 to put on Kelechi [Iheanacho] because he plays very well with Kun [Aguero] and that allows us to score the second goal."
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