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• Manager Allardyce criticises Louis van Gaal’s tactics • Cheikhou Kouyaté opened scoring for West Ham • Match report: West Ham 1-1 Manchester United Sam Allardyce labelled Manchester United a long-ball team after they snatched an injury-time equaliser to draw 1-1 at West Ham on Sunday. West Ham looked on course for a deserved victory following Cheikhou Kouyaté’s imaginative strike on 49 minutes but United salvaged a point when Daley Blind struck…

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Louis van Gaal may be a tactical genius and United may yet catch City, but is playing Wayne Rooney on the right of a midfield diamond really the best option? • Match report: West Ham 1-1 Manchester United Manchester United’s supporters left happy with a point earned through a brilliantly struck late Daley Blind goal, reward for a series of frantic tactical rejigs and a spell of late pressure. Really, though, this was another tortured attacking display in a 1-1 draw …

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An injury-time strike from Daley Blind earned Manchester United a point that they scarcely deserved. The visitors had been wretched for large parts of this match and looked to be heading for a first defeat in 17 games following Cheikhou Kouyaté’s superbly imaginative strike on 49 minutes. However, Blind broke West Ham hearts late on with a first-time shot after West Ham had failed to clear Marcos Rojo’s lofted ball into the area. With both of his first-choice centre-backs, Winston…

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Latest updates as Manchester United take on West Ham Email michael.butler@theguardian.com with any thoughts Or you can tweet him @michaelbutler18 Keep up with all today’s scores across Europe 5.33pm GMT 58 min: Shaw is the latest Man Utd player to burst forward, playing a one-two with Falcao. The left-back overruns the ball and Kouyate is able to clear. Shaw leaves his foot in and that’s a horrible collision, with both players feeling the pain. Kouyate comes off worst…

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Andy Carroll’s latest injury means we’ll hopefully be treated to the strike partnership of Diafra Sakho and Enner Valencia today. The impact

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Manchester United’s manager has transformed the roles of Edgar Davids and Frank Rijkaard in the past and says his current captain enjoys his new position • Van Gaal to contest FA disrepute charge over Cambridge referee • Januzaj at 20: will he be the next Giggs or the new Macheda? Manchester United have three wins and three clean sheets from their last four games, and if one overlooks the fact that two of the clean sheets were against Cambridge United in the FA…

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• Louis van Gaal says West Ham decided they only wanted a loan • Sam Allardyce: ‘I don’t know what will happen’ • Match report: Liverpool 2-0 West Ham • Match report: Manchester United 3-1 Leicester Darren Fletcher’s proposed move to West Ham United is off, the Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has announced. The long-serving midfielder looked set to leave Old Trafford for the Hammers after he had a medical at the London …

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Live scoreboard! All today’s live scores and results Keep up with all of the day’s goals and games as they happen Email niall.mcveigh.casual@theguardian.com or tweet @niallmcveigh 3.28pm GMT It had been a quiet start for the hosts at Old Trafford, but no longer – Daley Blind steals the ball from Kramaric in midfield, before dinking the ball to compatriot Robin van Persie, who belts the ball home on the volley. The striker looks offside, but the goal stands. 3.26pm …

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• Midfielder in London for talks with Hammers • ‘We have to wait and see,’ says United manager Louis van Gaal Darren Fletcher looks set to sign for West Ham United after the Manchester United manager, Louis van Gaal, announced the midfielder was in London for talks. Fletcher was named United’s vice-captain at the start of the season but has been unable to break into Van Gaal’s first team and now looks set to move to the capital

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Liverpool have questions to answer in defence, Chelsea have selection issues against Manchester City and could Villa trouble Arsenal? Unless Thergothon , the pioneers of Finnish funeral metal, are about to head out on a resurrection tour, you’ll be hard pressed to find a gloomier band of brooders in England this weekend than the fans of the team who fail to win Saturday’s early kick-off. Hull City are in the grip of an ominous despondency, with the regime unpopular, the…

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• Midfielder may be released early from contract • Hammers waiting for permission to talk terms with Scot • Transfer window – live West Ham United want to sign Darren Fletcher on a free transfer from Manchester United with the east London club hopeful the midfielder can be released early from his contract, which expires in the summer. Fletcher earns around £90,000 a-week so would be due close to …

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• Former Manchester United midfielder’s contract expires in summer • Clubs in Italy, Spain and Germany have expressed interest Ravel Morrison is prepared to wait until the end of the season before leaving West Ham and the England Under-21 midfielder is considering offers to move overseas when his contract expires. Morrison, 21, has been told he is free to leave Upton Park having fallen out with the manager, Sam Allardyce, last season and he is free …

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• Manager Sam Allardyce confirms club’s interest in midfielder • Fletcher out of favour at Manchester United and could leave • Van Gaal suffers twitchy bum time playing 4-4-2 Sam Allardyce has confirmed West Ham are one of the clubs chasing Darren Fletcher but claims the Hammers are yet to speak to the Manchester United midfielder. Fletcher, who has made 342 appearances for the Red Devils, has only six months left on his contract at Old Trafford and is struggling to establish himself under …

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Louis van Gaal struggles for fluidity, Muhamed Besic gives Everton hope, Alan Pardew praises fans and Leicester’s patience with Nigel Pearson is rewarded “The struggle for fluidity” may sound like a PhD thesis but is actually the quality that continues to elude Louis van Gaal’s Manchester United, as was again illustrated in the disjointed fashion they went down 1-0 to Southampton on Sunday. For this 21st outing of each team’s Premier …

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Only Yaya Touré comes close to the Spaniard on passes made but Burnley have the sprint specialist and maybe Manchester United’s defence is not so bad • Click here to see the data for the midway point of the season • Interactive chart after 19 games Are you sitting down? Good, then you are in the perfection position to digest the shocking news that with the first half of the season behind us Cesc Fàbregas has …

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West Ham’s Alex Song is expected to return against former club Arsenal while Vincent Kompany may be available for Manchester City after injury Hugo Lloris is fit to start for Spurs despite being left bloodied in their win over Leicester. The keeper was caught in the face by Jamie Vardy at the end of the 2-1 Boxing Day win but is available to face United. Ryan Mason could return to the starting line-up following an …

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There is a bag of swag to be spent at Old Trafford … Louis van Gaal wants to spend another £150m … £200m … £300m … you get the idea, to complete the “Gaal-actico” revolution. He wants a centre-back, right-back and winger. Mats Hummels is the real deal. He is also in a Borussia Dortmund team currently propping up the Bundesliga, although injury ruled him out of the start of the…

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With Chelsea and City set for top two Premier League slots, nine clubs are chasing two remaining Champions League places • Match report: Sunderland 0-0 Chelsea • Match report: Southampton 0-3 Manchester City Those expecting an end to Southampton’s remarkable response to the summer exodus from the club, and a repeat of last season’s decline once a daunting run of fixtures arrived, should not feel too smug just yet. Sunday’s comprehensive defeat by Manchester City followed the loss of the influential Morgan …

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We round up our favourite pics from Saturdays and Sundays matches in the top flight Continue reading…

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Agüero to escape punishment as incident was seen by referee Manchester City striker has nine goals in the Premier League West Ham hit bullseye by targeting Citys Mangala Sergio Agüero is free to play in Sundays Manchester derby after it was revealed the Argentinian striker would face no action for his apparent stamp on the West Ham midfielder Mark Noble. Manchester Citys Agüero left Noble in obvious pain during the Hammers 2-1 victory over the Premier…

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City need win at West Ham to turn up heat on Chelsea Chelsea face tough trip to Manchester United on Sunday Manuel Pellegrini wants Manchester City to put pressure on Chelsea by beating West Ham United in Saturdays early kick-off. The City manager is hopeful that by next months international break the champions can overhaul the leaders. City travel to Upton Park knowing a win will close the gap with Chelsea to two …

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The Guardian has identified some of the best young talent coming through in the Premier League, picking one player from each club born between 1 September 1997 and 31 August 1998, an age band also known as first-year scholars. We will then follow their progress over the next five years On Tuesday: 40 of the best young players in the world Continue reading…

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We round up our favourite photographs from the top flight grounds Continue reading…

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Sakho clashed with Manchester United defender on Saturday FA panel decides incident was not a red card offence Match report: Manchester United 2-1 West Ham Diafra Sakho does not have a case to answer for the alleged butt of Manchester Uniteds Luke Shaw that left the Manchester United player with a black-eye, after the Football Association reviewed footage of the incident from West Ham Uniteds 2-1 defeat at Old Trafford on Saturday . After examining video evidence, a three-man panel of former referees …

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Everton do pragmatism, Falcao recalls a former Manchester United striker, and its time for Eden Hazard to step up Sakho apologises for leaving Anfield before derby Match report: Liverpool 1-1 Everton Barney Ronay: the battle of the lightweight No10s Match report: Arsenal 1-1 Tottenham Daniel Taylor: Ronaldos return not a flight of fancy Van Gaal: Rooneys tackle was unfriendly Manchester United 2-1 West Ham Chelsea considering temporary Twickenham move Chelsea 3-0 Aston Villa Hull City 2-4 Manchester City Nasri ruled out for one month with groin …

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Manchester United striker received red card against West Ham Rooney admits it was probably the right decision Louis van Gaal: red-card tackle was unfriendly United manager confident he can solve injury crisis Wayne Rooney will not appeal against the red card he received in Manchester Uniteds 2-1 defeat of West Ham United at Old Trafford despite it ruling him out for three games, with the striker admitting it was probably the …

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