Tottenham defeated Manchester City 4-1 in Saturday’s early kick-off to knock them from the top of the table, while the late match saw champions Chelsea have to battle back from 2-0 down to earn a draw at Newcastle. “We need a result or to score first to have our fans with us”. “We need to improve our performances here because in this league you need to play at home and away from home“.
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“Away form has got to be good in this league and hopefully we can keep picking up points and get ourselves safe”.
Star player: DIMITRI PAYET – A classy right foot in both West Ham’s goals.
“(Jose) Mourinho said it best – it is not a new world order, but this kind of money, the financial injection to smaller clubs in the Premier League has raised the quality of the teams.
“We would love to be big guns, but let’s be fair – nobody said we are big guns before the season started”.
West Ham are hopeful that summer signing Alex Song will complete his recovery from an ankle injury and be available for selection by late October.
Marc Wilson’s absence from the Potters squad due to a calf strain may represent a concern for O’Neill, especially as the man who recently displaced him at centre-back in the Ireland team, Ciaran Clark, hasn’t kicked a ball in the Premier League since returning to Aston Villa from global duty. Now its hard for the big guns.
“It’s not the best way to start losing at home against a strong team but it doesn’t mean we won’t qualify, we have to play against Juventus there and another four games, and we’ll see which team has the most points at the end.”
And he said: “I seem to go to Wembley every year”.
Brady said: “I don’t know if we’re surprising teams but we’ve been at it since day one and it’s good to come to places like Anfield and here and pick up points”. Passing the ball well, seeing passes, having that bit of creativity. You don’t go to see teams, in my eyes, grind it out and I don’t want my teams to do that.
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And West Ham’s co-chariman, Gold, has taken to social media to reveal when Song should be available for selection for Slaven Bilic.
