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Premier League updates as West Ham take on Brighton, 8pm (BST) 10 things to look out for in the Premier League this weekend Email Paul or tweet @Paul_Doyle with your thoughts 9.26pm BST 68 min : A strong run by Antonio takes him from the right-hand touchline into the box. But Bong eventually catches up with him and pokes the ball out for a corner. Duffy clears the out-swinger. 9.24pm BST 67 min : …

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  17:05: We are in position and waiting for Bilic in The Press Conference Room. Quotes from Bilic’s Presser to follow……….. Full-Time here at The London Stadium, it wasn’t pretty but what a moment for Diafra Sakho and what a turnaround, a vital three points!! 90+4: Lanzini breaks but cannot find Antonio. 90+2: Bilic’s Boys doing all they can to keep the ball in the corner and hold out for three points. 90: Five minutes …

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• Top scorer holding out for new contract worth £70,000 a week • Slaven Bilic confirms Antonio has ‘significant’ hamstring injury West Ham’s talks with Michail Antonio over a contract have stalled, with the winger’s representatives holding out for a salary of £70,000 a week for the club’s top scorer. Slaven Bilic confirmed on Thursday Antonio will not play again this season after suffering a “significant” hamstring injury in last weekend’s 1-0 win over Swansea – …

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Minute-by-minute updates from the 4.30pm GMT kick-off at Anfield Match report: Manchester United 1-0 Tottenham Live scores: all Sunday’s goals and scorers! Email rob.smyth@theguardian.com with your thoughts 5.06pm GMT 35 min “As a Liverpool fan I would love to agree with you about our chances of being champions but we just cannot and do not defend well enough,” says Jake Lynch. “Caught with nine players in the opposition half …

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But I seriously think it’s time to go for his own good. After a night of sleeping on it I’ve come to this conclusion…  Last season Antonio had a blinder, almost made HOTY and cries for a place in the England squad, but Bilic had other ideas. He wanted to upgrade the wing so got Feghouli. But how do you drop Antonio? Well he thought he could convert him into…

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Noble Inspired West Ham United 2-0 Aston Villa Anything but a win today would not be acceptable, that doesn’t often get said in the league but when the bottom place team visit that really should be the case. Our home record has been fantastic since the back to back home defeats at the start of the season, so a win here was quietly expected. From around the 3rd minute of the game, after a…

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Following on from my previous article, which was published earlier today about our best back four, in this piece I choose our strongest midfield. As I believe the 4-2-3-1 formation is our strongest, I am playing two holding midfielders, with an attacking midfielder and a left and right wing. Holding Midfielders Again, there are a few players with worthy shouts to this position, but the pairing I’m going for are Cheikhou Kouyate and the captain…

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Hammers at the double West Ham United 2-0 Liverpool F.C. West Ham went into this game having recorder their first league win in several games against Southampton in which was our final game of 2015. Having already beaten Liverpool at Anfield earlier in the season there was a quiet confidence around for today’s game. Bilic kept faith with the inform players, as Collins, Antonio and Carroll all remained in the team despite the returns from injury of Payet and Lanzini. This …

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A Cold Tuesday in Stoke? After two wins in a week, everyone can certainly see the shape Slaven wants the side to have, keeping possession where possible, defend deep and to hit on the break with pace and when it works like it did so well against Newcastle it is good on the eye. However, the one down side to our high-profile away form is the opposition are going to be wary …

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Manchester City Vs West Ham United match review Manchester City 1-2 West Ham United Saturdays late afternoon kick off was a daunting trip to Manchester City’s Etihad stadium to face a squad full of very expensive talent. West Ham’s day was made slightly easier when David Silva pulled out of the game after picking up an injury during the warm up. The Hammer have already been very impressive on the road with superb away wins …

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