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Jordan Ayew rescued a point for battling Aston Villa as they were held to a 1-1 draw by West Ham. Rémi Garde is still searching for his first win as the Villa manager despite coming from behind to close the gap to safety. Aaron Cresswell ended the Hammers’ goal drought with their first strike in 388 minutes but Ayew’s second-half penalty levelled. Related: Hiddink gets taste of his Chelsea task after

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Updates from the 4pm kick-off (UK time) at the Liberty Stadium Live scores: all the goals as they go in around Europe Email gregg.bakowski@theguardian.com . Tweet @GreggBakowski 4.48pm GMT If this was a game of footballing pass-the-parcel, Swansea would be well ahead. Unfortunately, it’s not. There’s still hope for them, though. They’ve been the better side and had the best of not-too-many half chances. It can only get better. 4.47pm GMT 43 min: West Ham are…

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Mark Hughes, the Stoke City manager, brushes off praise received for his club’s 2-0 win over Manchester City last week. Stoke visit Upton Park to play West Ham United on Saturday and Hughes says their challenge is to reproduce the performance they gave at the Britannia Stadium Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend Continue reading…

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• ‘Chadwell Heath pitches are slippery on top but rock hard underneath’ • Squad to train at Rush Green from next week after injury list lengthens Slaven Bilic has reacted to West Ham United’s injury crisis by accelerating their move to a new training ground, with the recent spate of muscle problems being blamed on the “rock-hard” pitches at the club’s current site in Chadwell Heath. Although Rush Green will not be completely ready for West …

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West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic looks ahead to their Premier League match against Stoke City at Upton Park on Saturday. Bilic says it is easy for a team to play badly at home. He praises Stoke City’s skills in attack and counter attack West Ham’s Winston Reid and Victor Moses out until new year with injuries Continue reading…

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• Defender Reid hurt in training as casualty list grows • Manager Slaven Bilic to move training grounds to combat problems West Ham United’s Winston Reid and Victor Moses have been ruled out until the new year with hamstring injuries prompting the manager Slaven Bilic to move training grounds. The Hammers were due to relocate to their new Rush Green HQ, where they currently play under-21 games, at the start of next season. Related: West Ham’s Manuel Lanzini ruled out for up …

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• Midfielder allegedly elbowed West Ham’s Winston Reid • Referee Mark Clattenburg and assistants missed incident Bastian Schweinsteiger has told Manchester United he wants to fight a charge of violent conduct after his clash with Winston Reid during Saturday’s goalless draw against West Ham at Old Trafford. Schweinsteiger is facing a three-match ban after knocking Reid to the ground with his forearm but the Germany international does not believe it should warrant a suspension and has the backing of his…

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Another 0-0 draw at Old Trafford has left the United manager unconvinced of a positive result when his misfiring side face Wolfsburg in Champions League A manager with a famous philosophy was sounding unusually philosophical. “I’m not God,” said Louis van Gaal in a rare instance of him accepting there are limits to his powers. “I cannot predict.” The Manchester United manager had been asked if Tuesday’s game in Wolfsburg could bring a catalytic result. Related: …

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• Slaven Bilic urges Carroll to ‘show it from the start’ • Diafra Sakho to undergo thigh surgery and out for three months Slaven Bilic has urged Andy Carroll to “show it from the start” following the striker’s recent impressive substitute appearances for West Ham United. With Diafra Sakho, Dimitri Payet and Enner Valencia injured, Carroll is likely to start on Saturday at Manchester United. Bilic said: “He is getting back towards his best, he is trying hard in training and he …

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• Sakho to undergo surgery on Saturday after injury in West Brom game • Andy Carroll likely to start against Manchester United The West Ham United striker Diafra Sakho has been ruled out for three months with a thigh problem. The Senegal international, who has scored five goals this season, will undergo surgery on Saturday. Continue reading…

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• West Ham manager respects Louis van Gaal’s patient football • United ‘quicker and more electric’ under Sir Alex Ferguson Slaven Bilic has rejected suggestions Manchester United are boring. “They’re different from the Alex Ferguson era where they were quicker, more electric and bombarding the box,” said Bilic, whose West Ham side visit Old Trafford on Saturday. But he denied that made Louis van Gaal’s team dull and pointed to the effectiveness of…

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Live updates from the 2.05pm kick-off at Upton Park Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend Email alan.smith@theguardian.com | Tweet @alansmith90 2.01pm GMT The teams are out. Bubbles are reaching the East London sky. We are moments away from kick-off. 1.20pm GMT West Ham: Adrian; Jenkinson, Ogbonna, Reid, Cresswell; Obiang, Kouyate; Moses, Zarate, Lanzini; Sakho. Subs: Song, Tomkins, Carroll, Jelavic, Antonio, Spiegel, Cullen. West Brom: …

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• Manager Pochettino calls 4-1 home victory ‘a complete performance’ • West Ham manager Slaven Bilic admits defeat could have been worse Mauricio Pochettino saluted a “complete performance” from his Tottenham Hotspur team in Sunday’s 4-1 home win over West Ham United and said that he believed they had the quality to finish in the Premier League’s top four. “After the game that we’ve played today, I think that we have quality enough,” Pochettino, the …

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Predictions have been pretty pointless so far in this topsy-turvy Premier League season but much more of this and people are going to start backing Tottenham Hotspur for a Champions League finish. After the encouragement of the performance, if not entirely the result, in the 1-1 draw at Arsenal before the international break they swatted aside a West Ham team who have made a habit of rousing themselves for the big away games. Related: …

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Latest updates as Spurs take on West Ham at White Hart Lane Manuel Lanzini: the bargain of the season? Email nick.ames.casual@theguardian.com | Tweet: @NickAmes82 4.28pm GMT West Ham not been behind before in one of these tough away games this season. Changes the way they want to play. Truth. 4.27pm GMT 28 min: Vertonghen lashes an excitable 30-yarder over with his left foot. 4.26pm GMT 25 min: West Ham almost equalise straightaway! A superb overhead kick from Kouyate strikes the bar…

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• France midfielder was substituted in 1-1 draw with Everton on Saturday • Payet has scored five goals in 14 appearances since joining from Marseille West Ham have been dealt a huge blow with the news that Dimitri Payet may be ruled out for three months. The French midfielder has been a major factor in West Ham’s fine start to the season after his £10.7m summer move from Marseille but Payet, who has scored five goals in 14 appearances, suffered an ankle …

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West Ham deserved to win. It is worth highlighting that fact lest it be obscured by the fallout to Chelsea’s disciplinary meltdown. The champions had Nemanja Matic sent off in the first half, two players booked for protesting against that decision, their assistant first-team coach, Silvino Louro, dismissed for haranguing the fourth official and José Mourinho banished to the stands at half-time. Continue reading…

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Slowly, but perhaps not that surely, signs of the old Chelsea are emerging. The champions have relieved the pressure on them in the past week, beating Aston Villa 2-0 last Saturday and drawing 0-0 at Dynamo Kyiv on Tuesday. Two clean sheets have boosted confidence at the back. Yet the visit to Upton Park could be awkward for José Mourinho. West Ham are fourth and Slaven Bilic’s side have already beaten Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester

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West Ham manager Bilic is a fan of Mourinho and sees signs of Chelsea returning to their best as the teams meet on Saturday Slaven Bilic thought it was a prank. His phone buzzed the day after he became West Ham United’s manager and there was a text from an unknown number. The sender called himself José Mourinho. “I was back home in Split in Croatia,” Bilic said. “I thought that someone is winding me up…

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West Ham manager Slaven Bilić says despite a lack of consistency so far in the Premier League, Chelsea will be dangerous when the teams meet on Saturday. Bilić says Chelsea will be motivated to get results due to their poor start and West Ham must play well to win. West Ham are currently fourth in the Premier League, while Chelsea lie in 12th Continue reading…

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• ‘West Ham way’ is a millstone round the club’s neck, he adds • Curbishley, Pardew and Redknapp also ‘got it in the neck’ Sam Allardyce has lashed out at supporters of his previous club, West Ham United, accusing many of them of being “deluded” and “brainwashed”. Allardyce, who last week became the Sunderland manager after completing a four-year contract at Upton Park last summer , during which he took the Hammers…

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Top-flight number-crunching leaves Chelsea’s Cesc Fàbregas on the naughty step, shows an unexpected side to Crystal Palace’s Yohan Cabaye and suggests James Milner is tailor-made for Jürgen Klopp at Liverpool It is not a surprise to learn that no Premier League player has lost more challenges than Cesc Fàbregas, whose opponents have waltzed past him 20 times. As crucial as his partnership with Nemanja Matic was for Chelsea last season, it has become a huge source…

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Sky Sports understands West Ham are in talks to capture Italy internationals Marco Borriello and Antonio Nocerino.

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Injured West Ham defender Winston Reid says he is close to returning to training.

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Sam Allardyce admits West Ham’s defending was again not good enough as they lost 3-0 to Manchester City in the second leg of their Capital One Cup semi-final.

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Modibo Maiga’s agent has told Sky Sports that Turkish club Sivasspor have expressed an interest in the West Ham striker.

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