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• Liverpool fans also rally behind centre-half after traumatic fortnight • Bilic: ‘Lovren is a really good lad, an honest lad, he never makes any excuses’ Dejan Lovren has been given strong support by his manager, Jürgen Klopp, and West Ham’s Slaven Bilic after the defender received death threats on social media this week. Liverpool travel to the London Stadium on Saturday and Lovren will be assessed on his fitness after he sustained an injury during the warm-up…

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• Slaven Bilic plans to exploit Liverpool’s weaknesses at the London Stadium • West Ham missing five defenders but Winston Reid and Aaron Cresswell fit West Ham United will have five defenders missing against Liverpool on Saturday but Slaven Bilic still believes his team can pull off a result against opponents he describes as “vulnerable”. José Fonte, James Collins, Sam Byram and Michail Antonio are unavailable for the home game because of injury and Pablo Zabaleta is suspended after collecting five…

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Thought for the Day | Lewis Hamilton | England’s Under-17 World Cup victory | Boleyn Bitter and Iron Ale | French butter shortage | The Guardian Reader Three cheers for John Humphrys ( Thought for the Day is ‘boring’, 31 October ). The continued exclusion of secular humanists from the programme is inexcusable, now that half the UK population do not have a religious faith. The BBC should either allow people of no faith to speak, or…

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The clock had ticked past the allotted minimum of six minutes of added time when the ball reached Wilfried Zaha deep on the left. Crystal Palace had given everything in their demented pursuit of an equaliser in the second half. Joe Hart had made save after astonishing save, including one from James Tomkins in the 91st minute, and they had hit the woodwork twice. They were falling agonisingly short. As Robert Madley prepared to blow for full time, a ninth defeat in…

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• ‘Minor technical glitch’ delays quarter-final draw by almost two hours • Bristol City drawn to face Manchester United at Ashton Gate For fans of the eight clubs still involved, it was the moment they had been waiting for all day. Featuring Question of Sport captains Matt Dawson and Phil Tufnell, the draw for the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup had been heavily trailed to take place at 4pm …

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Manchester City go to Leicester, Chelsea host Bournemouth and Arsenal face West Ham after a draw delayed by almost two hours due to technical issues 7.05pm BST Related: EFL requests ‘full explanation’ from Twitter over Carabao Cup draw farce 6.05pm BST José Mourinho will take defending champions Manchester United to Bristol City in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup, while league leaders Manchester City travel to Leicester City. Arsenal…

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Many top-flight clubs have been stripped of the right to dream of anything grander than existing. The result is boredom in some places and anger in others Summer is a time of optimism for fans. The combination of new signings, managers and beginnings is the recipe for a heady, fantastical concoction. Forget about everything that went wrong in the 12 months before, the slate has been wiped clean. Hope trumps cynicism and …

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At least 90% of my coaching course has absolutely nothing to do with football – the treatment dished out to Slaven Bilic last week shows why Everyone at the London Stadium, as well as millions around the world, saw the criticism, abuse and ridicule Slaven Bilic was subjected to last Friday night as we recorded a superb win over West Ham . What they didn’t witness was that same man standing outside the Brighton…

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• Under-pressure West Ham manager basks in ‘great night for the club’ • Mauricio Pochettino admits team rotation may have hindered Tottenham Slaven Bilic promised to take the ignition provided by Carabao Cup heroics into a potentially decisive weekend for his West Ham United tenure. His side scored three times in 15 minutes to reach the quarter-finals at Tottenham Hotspur’s expense, after which Bilic promised the second-half performance would provide “a standard” for Saturday’s Premier League…

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West Ham launched an astonishing second-half comeback at Wembley to stun Spurs, Andre Ayew the two-goal hero. 9.51pm BST Well, well, well. Of course, it’d be easy to trot out a few Lads, It’s Tottenham jokes; new Spurs same as the old Spurs; all that jazz. But just as West Ham weren’t awful in the first half, Spurs weren’t particularly terrible in the second. It’s simply the case that the Hammers came…

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West Ham United produced a sensational comeback at Wembley Stadium, scoring three times in the space of 15 second-half minutes to turn a 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 victory that propelled Slaven Bilic’s team into the quarter finals of the Carabao Cup. For Bilic, struggling to save his job past the weekend, this was a rousing show of strength from a much-changed team that had looked shot at half-time as Spurs scored twice while barely flexing their muscles. …

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• Bilic: ‘Our numbers of running is not what it should have been’ • West Ham manager insists he can turn the club’s form around Slaven Bilic’s training methods have come under further scrutiny after West Ham United’s manager accepted that he cannot hide from statistics indicating his players are failing to run enough during games. While Bilic retained his job following talks with the West Ham co‑owner David Sullivan after the home defeat against Brighton & Hove …

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David Sullivan’s belief in morality will be severely tested after this humiliation. When West Ham United’s co-owner appeared on television before kick-off, he pinpointed a desire to do “what’s right” as the reason for backing Slaven Bilic when speculation over the manager’s future mounted last month. By full-time, however, those noble sentiments had a hollow feel. Chairmen tend not to worry about shows of loyalty when they see their side display the tactical cohesion of a pub team…

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Premier League updates as West Ham take on Brighton, 8pm (BST) 10 things to look out for in the Premier League this weekend Email Paul or tweet @Paul_Doyle with your thoughts 9.26pm BST 68 min : A strong run by Antonio takes him from the right-hand touchline into the box. But Bong eventually catches up with him and pokes the ball out for a corner. Duffy clears the out-swinger. 9.24pm BST 67 min : …

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There are games that are defined by false nines. This was an afternoon that, for better and worse, revolved around old-fashioned target men. Long before Chris Wood headed Burnley’s equaliser, Andy Carroll had made a dramatic departure, sent off for two challenges that evoked earlier eras and invited suggestions of idiocy. His Burnley counterpart eventually ensured it cost West Ham and the points were shared in a game some …

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West Ham v Newcastle, a 560-mile round trip, has been mooted for a Super Sleigh Bell Sunday on the night before Christmas, along with Arsenal v Liverpool The almost total lack of regard in which broadcasters hold football fans is no secret, so it should have come as no surprise to learn that Sky Sports is proposing to reschedule Arsenal’s home match against Liverpool for Christmas Eve in what the Football Supporters’ Federation has described as “a …

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England’s goalkeeper will surpass Gordon Banks’ 73 caps when he lines up against Slovenia on Thursday and still dreams of achieving that ‘special moment’ Joe Hart has first-hand experience of that sickening sense of helplessness, the one that grips any opponent whenever the ball veers towards Harry Kane alone inside the penalty area. He endured it a little over a week ago at the London Stadium. He would have been aware out of the corner of his eye of the forward …

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The manager praised his side’s refusal to give up against Swansea but fraying tempers in the stands suggest fans’ favourite is using up the last of his goodwill Midway through the first half, Slaven Bilic switched his wingers. Michail Antonio went left, André Ayew went right. It was a sure sign that Bilic’s tactics were malfunctioning. In theory it made sense for West Ham United to start in a 4-4-2 system, which plays to the strengths of both Andy Carroll and Javier Hernández, …

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As the minutes ticked away at the London Stadium and the mood in the stands became increasingly ugly, this started to feel like the afternoon when West Ham’s supporters finally turned on Slaven Bilic. They had not hesitated to make their displeasure clear at several points in a dreadful game, jeering whenever yet another tentative move ran out of steam, and there was outright dissent when the fourth official’s board showed Javier Hernández’s number instead of Andy…

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Crystal Palace lost a seventh successive game while late goals swung matches at West Ham and West Brom 5.11pm BST Right then, I’m off in search of a basket of biscuits. It’s been a blast. Bye! 5.10pm BST Peter Crouch does some grinning: They threw everything at us. I thought they played well today, Southampton. Thankfully we held out, dug in and got the three points. When you get an…

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Today’s rumours are on the hoof Spanish assist-machine David Silva is believed to be flattered by interest from Milan , who spent €175m on an overhaul during the summer, but are currently languishing in seventh place in Serie A, already six points off the pace set by Napoli and Juventus. Silva has two years left on his contract at Manchester City but is dilly-dallying on inking an extension and…

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Today’s tittle-tattle is a man in motion The Mill is just one of an assortment of hacks weeping salt tears at the news that Diego Costa’s £57m move to Atlético Madrid is finally done, bringing the curtain down on one of the great interminable transfer sagas of our age. Chelsea will look to swiftly move on from Costa’s inevitable departure by tying Eden Hazard to an eye-watering £300,000-per-week deal. Should their…

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The Guardian photographer Tom Jenkins takes in three emotionally charged football matches over three days and captures all the colour and passion as AFC Wimbledon take on MK Dons, Tottenham Hotspur visit West Ham and Sheffield Wednesday face Sheffield United in the Steel City derby Continue reading…

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Coach retains fans’ goodwill but the way his side flirted with humiliation against Tottenham was ominous for a man aware of the harsh realities of his profession Slaven Bilic knows how it goes in his line of work. Once a manager is in danger, once the narrative becomes entrenched, it can begin to feel like the long kiss goodbye. “Once that’s opened, then it basically doesn’t stop,” the West Ham manager said after his team’s 3-2 home…

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On a slow-burn afternoon, Tottenham Hotspur were always just about beyond West Ham United’s reach. Two late goals after Serge Aurier had been sent off with 20 minutes to go dragged a previously dormant side back into this game and drew the first real crackle of noise from the home crowd. A 3-2 defeat will put a hopeful gloss on this performance, and provide Slaven Bilic with evidence of the spirit and drive lurking within his team. The problem for…

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Harry Kane scored twice and hit the post twice as ten-man Spurs withstood a late onslaught from West Ham to win an eventful London derby 2.27pm BST That was a game of three thirds . West Ham were superior for the first half hour, Spurs were magnificent either side of half-time to go 3-0 up – but they had to survive a late onslaught after the sending off of Serge Aurier. Thanks for …

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