Slaven Bilic has urged his side to stop making costly first-half mistakes, after the Croatian manager saw his West Ham side concede twice inside 22 minutes against Sunderland.
Carl Jenkinson pulled a goal back on the stroke of half time, before Dmitri Payet scored a second-half equaliser, as the Hammers secured a point away from home.
It was the third time this season that West Ham have been 2-0 down before half time, which Bilic concedes is happening a little too often.
"OK - we are not Real Madrid, not Manchester United, but we shouldn't be like we were in a couple or maybe three first halves so far. Sometimes it can happen but three out of eight is, for my taste, a bit too much," Bilic told Sky Sports News.
"We couldn't be worse than we were in the first half, losing second balls and all that, and our offensive players were simply not there. But at the end of the game it's a good point for us. We are sitting good in the table, we scored two goals and we ended very positively with us trying for half an hour to win the game.
"We can talk about two totally opposite emotions. It was awful in some parts of the first half - they could even have been three up, but we showed good team spirit and quality. We ended up totally dominating the game."
West Ham are currently fifth in the Premier League after their draw at the Stadium of Light.
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