West Ham will ‘comfortably’ qualify for Europe with improved finishing, says Pablo Fornals

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Pablo Fornals says West Ham will comfortably seal a European spot if they can find their finishing boots over the final three games.

The Hammers dominated the ball against Everton yesterday but did not register a single shot on target as Dominic Calvert-Lewin's first-half goal severely dented their Champions League hopes.

David Moyes's side remain fifth, though have played a game more than Liverpool who are a point behind them, and still look on course for a Europa League finish.

West Ham end the season with trips to Brighton and already relegated West Brom before hosting Southampton on the final day and Fornals is confident that, as long as they can score, European football will not be a problem.

"if we play like we did against Everton but score our chances then it is going to be comfortable for us in the end of the season," said Fornals.

"I think we did more than them and we did well enough to win. They punished us in our mistake and that is football so we can just apologise to our fans because that was a great chance for us to keep our winning way and good spot.

"It is three more games until the finish and we have the option to fight for ourselves, we we are in a good position so if we win we are going to stay there."

Dreams of a Champions League finish are not quite dead by manager Moyes conceded yesterday that they are "slim", with the gap to fourth now five points.

Asked about the chance of breaking into the top four, Fornals told Sky Sports: "We don’t know. Until the end every game is going to be a fight, everyone is fighting for something. I don’t think we have the worst schedule until the end [of the season] so we have to just try and play like we did yesterday and score our chances."

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