The Hammers lost 1-2 to Burnley despite dominating most of the game.
“It is a disappointing result for us after a fantastic performance,” Sam told the official site. “Unfortunately we haven’t got the win we wanted and instead of taking the point as we always talk about, we have thrown it away.
“It is not because we haven’t played well, it is not that we haven’t dominated, it is about the fact we have switched off on two occasions - the only two dangerous situations they had in the whole game. It was one of those days.
“We have hit the post a couple of times and balls are flashing in front of goal and dropping down and just not dropping to us.
Really we have no excuses. We shouldn’t have lost. We have and we just have to accept it. It was tremendous commitment from the players, just not the right result today unfortunately.
“Sometimes these things happen. It is the first time we have lost a game of football from in front. If they had created lots of chances I could say they deserved the win but they have pinched one. That happens in a long old season; sometimes you don’t get what you deserve.”