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FA Cup fifth round updates from the 12.45pm GMT kick-off at the Hawthorns Live scoreboard! keep track of all today’s games from around Europe And feel free to email your thoughts to scott.murray@theguardian.com 12.05pm GMT West Bromwich Albion: Foster, McAuley, Dawson, Lescott, Sessegnon, Gardner, Morrison, Yacob, Brunt, Berahino, Ideye. Subs: Wisdom, Olsson, Baird, Myhill, Pocognoli, Gamboa, McManaman. West Ham United: Adrian, Jenkinson, Tomkins, Kouyate, Cresswell, Song, Nolan, Noble, Downing, Sakho, Valencia. Subs: O’Brien, Demel, Amalfitano, …

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• Striker injured in 0-0 draw at Southampton • ‘It is a big blow for him and us but one we have to cope with’ Sam Allardyce expects to be without injured Andy Carroll for at least a month after the West Ham boss confirmed the striker has torn a ligament in his knee. The 26-year-old was forced off in Wednesday’s 0-0 draw at Southampton as the Hammers finished the game with only nine men following a red …

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Will Arsenal juggle their priorities, will Villa v Leicester be a thrill only to masochists and has Gus Poyet got his excuses in already should Sunderland come unstuck on Bradford’s cabbage patch? Arsène Wenger admitted his side were “not the sharpest” in beating Leicester during the week, with a hangover from the defeat in the north London derby to blame. However, Wenger’s side had better get used to the workload – Arsenal are the only team still in …

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• Sam Allardyce bemoans disappointing end to weeks of negotiations • ‘We can’t get the right paperwork or the right clearance” Administrative difficulties have prevented West Ham from signing the France international Lassana Diarra. Diarra has been without a club since making an acrimonious departure from Lokomotiv Moscow in August and has not played in almost nine months. He reportedly refused to train for the Russian club after a disagreement with the manager, Leonid Kuchuk, and has recently been working…

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It may not have been very sophisticated, but Sam Allardyce will care little. West Ham fought for a valuable point here in a game that will be forgotten in a hurry, a dull goalless draw that only came to life once the Hammers goalkeeper, Adrián, was sent off in the second half for handling the ball outside the area. It should have been the turning point in an otherwise uneventful contest, but from the 61st minute onwards West Ham had everyone…

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• West Ham confirm new contract for youth academy graduate • Tomkins: ‘I’ve been here since I was seven and this is a long-term deal’ • Tomkins accuses Van Persie of ‘malicious elbow’ James Tomkins has signed a new deal with West Ham United that will keep him at the club until 2020. The 25-year-old, who suffered a broken nose in Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Manchester United , is a graduate of the West Ham academy …

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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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• 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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• 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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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Sides want Cheikhou Kouyaté and Papiss Cissé for weekend • Communication difficulties after Senegal are knocked out Newcastle United and West Ham have initiated an attempted ‘airlift’ of Premier League players from Equatorial Guinea. With Senegal now out of the Africa Cup of Nations , Newcastle are keen to have Papiss Cissé back in time to play at Hull City on Saturday and West Ham United would like Cheikhou Kouyaté back for the trip to Liverpool the same day. The two …

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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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It was not convincing by any stretch and for long periods Bristol City threatened to add their name to the list of giantkilling acts of the weekend, but West Ham United ultimately found a way to overpower the League One club. Daifra Sakho, on as a second-half substitute and making his first appearance since picking up a back injury on New Year’s Day, met Andy Carroll’s cross with a far-post header to …

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