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• On-loan Chelsea defender set up opener in 2-0 win over West Ham • Aké now first-choice left-back and above parent club in the table In August Nathan Aké left the league champions on a season-long loan, apparently to become third-choice left-back in a relegation fight at Watford, who had given Chelsea no guarantees about his first-team involvement. By the start of November he has made the position, for now, his own, …

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As Watford set about remodelling their squad in the summer it was decided that Odion Ighalo might be surplus to requirements and only the player’s refusal to leave stalled a move to the Chinese side Hebei China Fortune. Despite his 20 league goals last season he started their opening game on the bench. Since then however he has become perhaps the league’s most influential attacking player. Not since that day have they fashioned a goal that he has not either scored or…

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Manchester City stay top, Arsenal score their 2,000th goal under Arsene Wenger, Jamie Vardy finds the net yet again, and Jurgen Klopp wins his first Premier League match. 5.04pm GMT And that’s that on the day Jamie Vardy scored in his eighth consecutive Premier League match, Arsenal scored their 2,000th goal under Arsene Wenger, Jurgen Klopp registered his first league victory in English football, and Jose Mourinho answered 13 questions in…

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The Hammers manager says it is too early to know where the limits are for his third-placed team but sees no reason why they should drop dramatically Slaven Bilic holds up a finger and flicks it like the rev counter in a car. The calibration of a high-performance engine is not unlike that of a top-level footballer. The margins between purring and stalling, the West Ham United manager explains, come down to percentage points; to details that he refers …

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• Team are currently third in Premier League, two points off top • ‘I’m not talking it down. I want to talk it up. I believe it’s achievable’ West Ham’s joint-chairman, David Sullivan, is dreaming of winning the Premier League and FA Cup double this season. The side have made a fine start to the campaign under their new manager, Slaven Bilic , and are third in the Premier League after 10 games, …

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The West Ham manager says the team’s current third-place position in the Premier League motivates the club as the players are enjoying their winning streak. Slaven Bilić says he rates Watford’s manager Quique Sánchez Flores really highly for his managerial skills, admitting Watford will be difficult to beat when they meet at Vicarage Road stadium on Saturday Continue reading…

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• Mourinho could be banned from dugout against Liverpool • Coach Silvino Louro also charged, and Chelsea for failing to control players José Mourinho has been left fretting over whether he will be permitted in the home dugout against Liverpool on Saturday after the Football Association charged the Chelsea manager with misconduct following his dismissal at Upton Park . Mourinho, who is already appealing against a £50,000 fine and suspended one-match stadium ban for suggesting …

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• Blues manager could yet face FA charge for comments made to referee Jon Moss • Decision not to attend post-match press conference will draw Premier League ire On the only other occasion when West Ham United scored first against José Mourinho’s Chelsea, way back in April 2006 , they ended up losing 4-1 against 10 men. When Mauro Zárate rammed in West Ham’s opening goal on Saturday the mind drifted back to that awesome …

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• West Ham inflict fifth league defeat on 10-man Chelsea • Mourinho’s side to receive mandatory fine as six players are booked José Mourinho’s reign at Stamford Bridge lurched further into turmoil as the manager was sent to the stands in a disciplinary meltdown by Chelsea as the champions slumped to their fifth Premier League defeat of the season. Chelsea lost 2-1 at West Ham United , finishing the match with 10 men on the pitch and two dismissed from the dugout, …

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West Ham deserved to win. It is worth highlighting that fact lest it be obscured by the fallout to Chelsea’s disciplinary meltdown. The champions had Nemanja Matic sent off in the first half, two players booked for protesting against that decision, their assistant first-team coach, Silvino Louro, dismissed for haranguing the fourth official and José Mourinho banished to the stands at half-time. Continue reading…

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Live updates on the Premier League match at Upton Park Saturday scoreboard: follow all the day’s goals Tweet @timmyhilleh or email tim.hill@guardian.co.uk 2.24pm BST West Ham: Adrian, Jenkinson, Collins, Tomkins, Cresswell, Noble, Kouyate, Lanzini, Payet, Zarate, Sakho. Subs: Randolph, Carroll, Valencia, Obiang, Ogbonna, Jelavic, Antonio. Chelsea: Begovic, Zouma, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Matic, Ramires, Willian, Fabregas, Hazard, Costa. Subs: Baba, Oscar, Falcao, Mikel, Traore, Amelia, Loftus-Cheek. 2.23pm BST Chelsea are the champions, but they …

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Just because supporters are prepared to pay enormous sums, it doesn’t mean clubs are right to charge them. It’s time for big clubs to share some of the bounty with the fanbase on which they’re built For its match against Chelsea tomorrow at Upton Park, West Ham is charging under-16s £46 – for that extraordinary sum, the child will be offered a restricted view. Adult tickets for the same game…

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Chelsea manager José Mourinho tells journalists they won’t get any more ‘good and funny headlines’ from him because of a lack of respect. Mourinho made the comments at a press conference ahead of Saturday’s Premier League clash at West Ham in frustration over recent negative coverage Continue reading…

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Slowly, but perhaps not that surely, signs of the old Chelsea are emerging. The champions have relieved the pressure on them in the past week, beating Aston Villa 2-0 last Saturday and drawing 0-0 at Dynamo Kyiv on Tuesday. Two clean sheets have boosted confidence at the back. Yet the visit to Upton Park could be awkward for José Mourinho. West Ham are fourth and Slaven Bilic’s side have already beaten Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester

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West Ham manager Bilic is a fan of Mourinho and sees signs of Chelsea returning to their best as the teams meet on Saturday Slaven Bilic thought it was a prank. His phone buzzed the day after he became West Ham United’s manager and there was a text from an unknown number. The sender called himself José Mourinho. “I was back home in Split in Croatia,” Bilic said. “I thought that someone is winding me up…

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West Ham manager Slaven Bilić says despite a lack of consistency so far in the Premier League, Chelsea will be dangerous when the teams meet on Saturday. Bilić says Chelsea will be motivated to get results due to their poor start and West Ham must play well to win. West Ham are currently fourth in the Premier League, while Chelsea lie in 12th Continue reading…

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• Striker joins following trial spell • Hammers released him in summer The former Chelsea and West Ham striker Carlton Cole has signed for Celtic. The 32-year-old has signed a contract until the end of next season following a trial spell. Continue reading…

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• West Ham manager hails Andy Carroll’s impact on sub’s fourth game of season • Dimitri Payet scored fifth league goal of campaign in 3-1 win at Crystal Palace Before West Ham United’s latest and perhaps most impressive away win, over obdurate opposition who were reduced to 10 men for the entire second half, injury had restricted Andy Carroll to 20 minutes of Premier League football since February. He got 30 more under his belt here and was instrumental in the creation…

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West Ham United’s impressive form on the road continues, with late goals from Manuel Lanzini and Dimitri Payet helping them add another scalp to an already impressive collection with two late goals against a team reduced to 10 men for the entire second half. Predicting the outcome of this entertaining ding-dong between two in-form sides may have been a tough ask, but the inevitable dismissal of Dwight Gayle wasn’t difficult to see coming. The Palace …

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• Former Newcastle manager describes West Ham forward as ‘unplayable’ • Pardew hopeful Connor Wickham can reach similar level at Crystal Palace Alan Pardew has described Andy Carroll as “unplayable” as his team prepare to confront his former forward, with the Crystal Palace manager still hopeful he can coax similar qualities from Connor Wickham at Selhurst Park. Related: Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend | Michael Butler and Barry Glendenning Continue reading…

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From Limerick to West Ham, those who have worked with Allardyce in his seven previous permament managerial posts explain the secrets of his success Related: Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend | Michael Butler and Barry Glendenning Continue reading…

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• ‘West Ham way’ is a millstone round the club’s neck, he adds • Curbishley, Pardew and Redknapp also ‘got it in the neck’ Sam Allardyce has lashed out at supporters of his previous club, West Ham United, accusing many of them of being “deluded” and “brainwashed”. Allardyce, who last week became the Sunderland manager after completing a four-year contract at Upton Park last summer , during which he took the Hammers…

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Top-flight number-crunching leaves Chelsea’s Cesc Fàbregas on the naughty step, shows an unexpected side to Crystal Palace’s Yohan Cabaye and suggests James Milner is tailor-made for Jürgen Klopp at Liverpool It is not a surprise to learn that no Premier League player has lost more challenges than Cesc Fàbregas, whose opponents have waltzed past him 20 times. As crucial as his partnership with Nemanja Matic was for Chelsea last season, it has become a huge source…

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• Medical staff, cleaners and some security will be paid from public purse • LLDC appealing against publication of full contract with West Ham West Ham’s deal to use the Olympic Stadium from next season includes provisions for a number of services to be financed by the taxpayer, including medical staff, cleaners and the majority of stewards and security staff. The Premier League side, who are scheduled to leave Upton Park at…

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• Little ‘devastated and heartbroken’ after exit from West Ham • Club says Little and several others ‘surplus to requirements’ The West Ham Ladies captain Stacey Little has left the club, attacking her treatment as “disgusting”. Little, 28, claimed on Twitter she chose to leave West Ham after “being suspended for having an opinion as captain” – though chairman Stephen Hunt said that she and several others had been released after being deemed “surplus to requirements” by manager Marc Nurse. very hard decision …

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• Midfielder joined from Marseille 13 months ago • Bilic punished him for ‘breach of discipline’ in August Morgan Amalfitano has left West Ham after falling out with the manager, Slaven Bilic. The 30-year-old only midfielder moved to Upton Park from Marseille 13 months ago but has not made a Premier League appearance under Bilic, who revealed in August he had punished the Frenchman for a “breach of discipline”. Continue reading…

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