"We've got to draw positives from the performance," Beard said. "We've got to to draw positives from the chances that we created. I'd be worried if we weren't creating chances, but today we just haven't taken them for whatever reason.

"We had some glorious chances earlier on in the game to go in front. Maybe we could have been out of sight. It was the same again in the second half.

"For whatever reason it just didn't go for us in front of goal."

The Hammers debuted a new limited edition pink kit in support of Breast Cancer Awareness month.

"It's obviously for a great cause," Beard added. "I have to say the club are brilliant with these campaigns.

"From my perspective, I'm really proud of the football club and proud of the players for talking about real tough issues and being in the public domain with it.

"It's an honour and a pleasure to be part of the club and the group that do these campaigns."