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• Manchester City take on West Ham in other last-four tie • First leg to be played in week of 6 January Sunderland’s reward for beating Chelsea in the quarter-finals of the Capital One Cup is a last-four encounter with the four-times winners Manchester United. Gus Poyet’s side ousted José Mourinho’s men with a victory in extra time at the Stadium of Light on Tuesday and they will welcome United, who comfortably beat Stoke , in…

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Interim Spurs manager has plenty on his plate as his team prepare for the Capital One Cup quarter-final against West Ham For Tim Sherwood, it is the fieriest of baptisms. The 44-year-old former England midfielder and Premier League-winning captain has never managed a professional team. Now he takes charge of Tottenham Hotspur, one of England’s top five clubs over the past four seasons, in a grudge Capital One Cup quarter-final…

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• Manager expects testing Capital One Cup quarter-final • Injuries, suspensions and lack of goals concern Allardyce Sam Allardyce says he has enough to worry about with his own injury-hit West Ham United side rather than wonder what Tottenham Hotspur might do after the sacking of André Villas-Boas , before Wednesday’s Capital One Cup quarter-final. Tim Sherwood has been placed in interim charge at White Hart Lane after the north London club …

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• West Ham manager says forward lined up in transfer window • Owners retain faith despite describing season as ‘write off’ West Ham United are outstanding. Insofar as they stand out from the other clubs in the Premier League’s bottom five by not having sacked their manager this season yet. It hardly strengthens Sam Allardyce’s job security that the team in last place, Sunderland, outplayed his side for long periods before having to settle for a goalless draw, but West…

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• Manager admits he is not enjoying life at present • Next two games could reveal light at end of tunnel Gus Poyet has acknowledged he is enduring the toughest challenge of his football career at Sunderland but is determined to prove equal to it. The Uruguayan’s side travel to West Ham United on Saturday five points adrift at the bottom of the Premier League table. “I’ve never experienced anything like this,” said Poyet, who criticised …

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Messages making reference to Hitler and gas chambers were posted after match between Spurs and West Ham in October Two men have been arrested on suspicion of inciting racial hatred after antisemitic messages were posted on Twitter following a match between Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham. Scotland Yard said the men, aged 24 and 22, were arrested at their homes in Croydon and Wiltshire respectively in connection with the tweets, which made reference to Hitler and gas chambers. Both men have been bailed to a date in late…

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David Moyes needs to start impressing at Old Trafford and Chelsea’s strikers still can’t fire away from home 1) Moyes testing Old Trafford’s patience Newcastle have not won a league game at Old Trafford since John Tudor and Stewart Barrowclough scored the goals to secure a 2-0 win in February 1972. Could they end that run on Saturday? David Moyes will be without Wayne Rooney, suspended after his fifth booking of the season, and the Manchester United…

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Marouane Chamakh’s header gave Palace a vital, hard-earned victory which took them off the bottom of the table Rob Smyth

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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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• ‘They can’t fragment and think it’s all about them’ • Andy Carroll expected to resume training next week Sam Allardyce has told his West Ham players that they must stick together for the start of what he believes is a defining period for his side. West Ham have slipped down the table and the manager feels that team spirit will be vital as they look to pull themselves away from danger. West Ham have been boosted by the news that …

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Both managers enter this fixture knowing that a bad result could quickly propel their names to the front of the sack race. Without a win in five games, Sam Allardyce’s side are clearly suffering from the lack of a quality striker and after one goal in four games, Carlton Cole may merit a start. For Fulham Darren Bent and Dimitar Berbatov may have 195 Premier League goals between them, but their partnership continues to show few indications of prospering. Louis …

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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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AC Jimbo is joined by Jacob Steinberg , James Horncastle and Ian Macintosh to drool over the midweek footie action. It’s 11 games unbeaten for Manchester United and after their 5-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen the pod wonder whether David Moyes has finally found his best team, and discuss what crisis ridden Spurs can do to stop them on Sunday. They ask whether the ‘Özil factor’ has had an effect on Jack Wilshire after his impressive display against Marseille , and debate…

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