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Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal hits back at ‘long-ball United’ jibe by West Ham’s Sam Allardyce with a four-page document listing statistics. The manager, whose dossier included diagrams of where every single pass had been aimed, argues West Ham had a higher number of long balls when the two teams clashed on Sunday Continue reading…

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Only two clubs in Europe have attempted more long balls than Manchester United this season, but Louis van Gaal’s team are adept at spreading the play and have hit more accurate long passes than any side on the continent By Alistair Tweedale for WhoScored? , part of the Guardian Sport Network There was more than a degree of irony in Sam Allardyce bemoaning “long-ball Manchester United” after his side conceded a last-gasp equaliser in their clash at Upton Park…

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• Dutch manager brings A4 sheets to unorthodox press conference • ‘Copy it and go to Big Sam,’ Van Gaal says of West Ham boss • Allardyce calls Manchester United a ‘long-ball team’ • Manchester United: second to Burnley in long-ball table • Rafa Benítez’s famous rant at Sir Alex Ferguson Louis van Gaal’s irritation about the “long-ball United” tag applied by Sam Allardyce manifested itself in an unorthodox press conference in…

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• Ex-Chelsea and Arsenal midfielder has been training with club • France midfielder Diarra left Lokomotiv Moscow in August Sam Allardyce is hopeful of signing former Real Madrid midfielder Lassana Diarra after confirming the France international is training with the Hammers. Diarra, 29, has been without a club since leaving Lokomotiv Moscow in August but is not too far away from match-fitness and could be turning out for West Ham inside a fortnight if the…

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• Tomkins: ‘He had a look at me first and then he has gone for me’ • West Ham defender suffered broken nose in separate incident • Sam Allardyce calls Manchester United ‘long-ball team’ • Match report: West Ham 1-1 Manchester United The West Ham defender James Tomkins has accused Manchester United’s Robin van Persie of a deliberate and “malicious” elbow at Upton Park on Sunday. Tomkins suffered a broken nose…

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Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal says his team failed to perform well against West Ham United in Sunday’s Premier League game. The manager blames the draw on a poor first half, before his side gave away a goal to their opponents. United are fourth in the Premier League table, and face Burnley on 11 February Continue reading…

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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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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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• West Ham cancel Ravel Morrison’s deal ‘with immediate effect’ • Midfielder had not played for the Hammers since August • Morrison considers overseas move West Ham United have announced the termination of Ravel Morrison’s contract with immediate effect. The 22-year-old midfielder’s departure was announced in a short statement on West Ham’s website that wished Morrison “every success in his future career”. Continue reading…

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• Midfielder will wait until the end of the season to decide on future • Barcelona loanee ‘very happy here. My family is happy’ • West Ham announce record sponsorship deal Alex Song has raised West Ham United’s hopes of signing him on a permanent basis by saying that he wants to stay in London, although the midfielder will wait until the end of the season before making a decision on his …

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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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• West Ham welcome ‘biggest-ever commercial deal’ • New sponsor to be on shirt for Sunday’s game with Man Utd • Liverpool announce New Balance as new kit manufacturer West Ham United have announced a new record shirt sponsorship deal with online bookmakers Betway, less than a month after their previous sponsor went bust . West Ham were left without a sponsor after their deal with their main commercial backer, Alpari, collapsed when the Swiss company…

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• Togo striker’s move to West Ham was blocked by Spurs • Pochettino confident Hugo Lloris will stay next season Mauricio Pochettino is confident Emmanuel Adebayor will give 100% for Tottenham, despite seeing a deadline day move to West Ham fall through. The 30-year-old’s topsy-turvy, three-and-a-half year stay with the north London club looked as if it could be coming to an end this week.

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• Fifa act over Senegal striker’s appearance against Bristol City • West Ham cleared to face West Brom; Bristol City disappointed • Adebayor’s West Ham loan move vetoed by Spurs’ Daniel Levy West Ham United have been cleared to continue their FA Cup campaign at West Bromwich Albion next week after Fifa opted to fine and reprimand the London club for fielding Diafra Sakho in their fourth round victory at Bristol City. Sakho, a…

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• Tottenham chairman says ‘no’ to striker’s late deal • Forward turned down offers from QPR and Crystal Palace • Michael Cox: the 10 best January transfers worldwide Emmanuel Adebayor was prevented from joining West Ham on loan on deadline day after the move was apparently vetoed by Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy. Spurs were willing to allow the striker to join either Crystal Palace or QPR on Monday, while paying part of his £100,000-a-week salary. Don’t go …

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Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis-Hill were supposed to inspire us to be active. But the latest depressing figures will surprise no one who understands spectator sport The finding by Sport England that fewer adults in England are doing even half an hour’s moderate sporting exercise a week, with a particular drop among the poor, has dealt another blow to the grand claims made for the 2012 London Olympics. Tony Blair famously added the vote of the International Olympic Committee to other …

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• Striker ruled out of Senegal’s African Nations campaign • Scored only goal in FA Cup win over Bristol City Fifa has opened a disciplinary case against West Ham United and Diafra Sakho for a “potential violation” of regulations over the striker playing for his club during Senegal’s African Cup of Nations campaign. Sakho came off the bench to score the only goal in West Ham’s FA Cup fourth-round victory over Bristol City …

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• Manager says England striker takes side to another level • Jordan Henderson gives credit to improving Liverpool defence • Liverpool 2-0 West Ham United The instinctive, powerful finish that sealed victory and the perfect comeback was the obvious benefit of a fit Daniel Sturridge yet there are wider implications for Liverpool. As an effusive Brendan Rodgers put it: “He provides the light for this team.” And, by extension, he consigns others to darkness. Anfield…

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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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• Sturridge scores after five months out injured • Rodgers admits he had to be very patient with striker • Match report: Liverpool 2-0 West Ham Brendan Rodgers insists expectations still need to be handled carefully regarding Daniel Sturridge but he was delighted that the Liverpool striker is back and scoring. Sturridge ended a five-month injury absence by coming off the bench to score Liverpool’s second in their 2-0 win against West Ham at Anfield…

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Daniel Sturridge capped his return from injury with a goal, as Liverpool eased to victory against West Ham United, largely due to an inspired display from Raheem Sterling. The Liverpool manager, Brendan Rodgers, had Sturridge available for the first time since the win over Tottenham at the end of August last year. Related: Manchester United 3-1 Leicester City | Premier League match report Related: West Bromwich Albion 0-3 Tottenham | Premier League

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Liverpool can leapfrog Sam Allardyce’s team with victory at Anfield, where West Ham United have not won in the league since The Beatles were at number one with ‘She Loves You’ in September 1963. Stewart Downing and Andy Carroll have a point to prove against the manager who ended their Anfield careers, Brendan Rodgers, but his team have taken 14 points from a possible 18 since losing to Manchester United and have Daniel Sturridge back for the first time since August. Andy Hunter …

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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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