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• Manager stresses impact of players other than Luis Suárez • ‘I love seeing gifted players work hard in a system’ Liverpool, more than most, are aware that the men who top the bill have a tendency to overshadow the supporting cast. The class of 2009, their finest side in the Premier League era, were unfairly dismissed in some quarters as a “two-man team”, with the focus on Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres so pronounced that players of the calibre …

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Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers says despite Liverpool’s 4-1 win over West Ham, the team are still developing and focusing on scoring more goals

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Anyone mistaken enough to leave Anfield early yesterday may have departed feeling short-changed. A ticket tends to come with the guarantee of copious quantities of Luis Suárez goals, and after the feast, an 80-minute famine followed. Then Suárez struck to take his extraordinary haul at home to 10 goals in four games as Liverpool reeled off a fifth successive win on their own turf. Compared to his spectacular efforts in Wednesday’s 5-1 thrashing of Norwich, this one was comparatively mundane: a far-post header …

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• Striker on the mend after double fracture of right foot • ‘I can see the light at the end of the tunnel’ Andy Carroll admits he is itching to return to help save West Ham’s season after returning to the club’s Chadwell Heath training ground for the first time in three months this week. Carroll has not played for the Hammers this season and has spent time in the Netherlands and Belgium recovering from a double…

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Tony Pulis has had his immediate effect. Crystal Palace, a team apparently bereft of hope a few weeks ago, hoisted themselves off the foot of the table with victory in their new manager’s first home game in charge here and, in an instant, safety is only three points away. Life near the bottom does not seem quite so oppressive in that context. These are very early days for the new man at the helm but, with Cardiff City – currently just outside the cut-off – …

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• After six straight defeats, Jol says: ‘It’s not in my hands’ • Fulham manager is 1-8 to be next Premier League dismissal Asked if he thinks he will still be Fulham’s manager when they play Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday night Martin Jol simply shrugged. “It’s not in my hands,” Jol said, after Fulham had failed to register a single shot on target in the course of a horribly meek 3-0 defeat by West Ham United at …

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Sam Allardyce says he is shocked to hear that his former Bolton charge Delroy Facey has been arrested

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• Striker not expected to play until January • ‘We have to be tentative’ says Sam Allardyce Andy Carroll will begin his lengthy comeback trail next week when he returns to West Ham United training. Sam Allardyce does not expect the England centre-forward to make a playing return before January and the manager said that the club must heed medical advice and be cautious as the 24-year-old continues his recovery from a long-term…

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