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Sat 25 Oct 2014, Boleyn Ground
Referee: Martin Atkinson
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Sam Allardyce believes West Ham United
will not get a better chance to defeat
Manchester City as the two prepare to
meet at Boleyn Ground on Saturday.
West Ham have benefited from a
productive transfer window in the early
weeks of the Barclays Premier League
campaign, with the strike duo of Diafra
Sakho and Enner Valencia particularly
impressive since joining from Metz and
Pachuca respectively.
Both men found the net with fine headers
in the 3-1 win at Burnley last weekend, a
result that left West Ham inside the top
four after eight matches.
Reigning champions City - who clinched
the 2013-14 crown with a 2-0 win over
West Ham on the final day of last season -
overcame Allardyce's side four times
during the previous campaign, scoring 14
goals to their opponents' one.
But Allardyce feels his team are in much
better shape this time around, with City
coming off the back of a 2-2 draw away
at CSKA Moscow in the UEFA Champions
League on Tuesday.
"We've got a different team to last
season," he said. "Obviously the players
that are still here will remember that we
didn't get anything from them.
"There wasn't much we could do in the
Capital One [League Cup] semi-finals due
to injuries at that time.
"They're a fabulous side, but if we're
going to get anything from them it's now,
while we're in form. As well as them
coming back from a Champions League
away game.
"We're in good, confident form but for me
it's about getting the players to their top
level. We'll have to play like we did [in the
3-1 win] against Liverpool, probably even
better. We'll have to work hard and make
sure we contain their fantastic front line
especially."
The home side will have to contend with
the in-form Sergio Aguero, who followed
up his four-goal salvo against Tottenham
Hotspur last weekend with the opening
strike in Moscow in midweek.
City led 2-0 at the break thanks to that
strike and James Milner's effort, but CSKA
came back to rescue a point in the second
half.
Manuel Pellegrini's men sit second in the
table, five points adrift of Chelsea, having
won their previous three league outings,
but after the draw in Russia, right-back
Pablo Zabaleta lamented City's inability to
grind out victories when not at their best.
"It's not the first time this has happened
and it's something we need to sort out as
soon as possible," he said.
"We are one team when we play with
intensity, with the ball. When we start to
give some balls away so cheaply, we are
not the same team. It's then that we don't
know how to control the game.
"Sometimes you can win games even
when you are not playing at your best
and I think we find that hard."
City's Frank Lampard is a doubt to make a
return to his former club with a thigh
injury picked up against Spurs, while
Samir Nasri remains out with a groin
problem.
West Ham received a double boost on
Thursday with the news that Cheikhou
Kouyate (groin) and James Tomkins
(thigh) were available, although Mauro
Zarate (knock) and Guy Demel (thigh) are
doubtful.
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