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The dust has now settled on last Saturday's extraordinary 4-3 victory over relegation strugglers Huddersfield Town at the London Stadium, however the fall out has not! It is difficult to explain how a 'top' team can perform so badly for so long against a team destined for the lower divisions and then suddenly play like Barcelona for the remaining 15 minutes unless it is because there is a 'bad apple' in the squad.

West Ham: Fabianski, Cresswell, Diop, Ogbonna, Zabaleta, Noble, Rice, Anderson, Antonio, Lanzini, Arnautovic Subs: Adrian, Balbuena, Snodgrass, Hernandez, Nasri, Masuaku, Perez
Huddersfield: Lossl, Lowe, Kongolo, Stankovic, Smith, Bacuna, Durm, Mooy, Rowe, Pritchard, Grant Subs: Hamer, Billing, Mounie, Zanka, Hadergjonaj, Daly, Puncheon

Having proved his point by dropping his top striker for several matches, Hammers boss Manuel Pellegrini is clever enough to avoid 'cutting his nose off to spite his face' by intimating that Marko Arnautovic will lead the line from the start in the match against Huddersfield town at the London (hopefully soon to be renamed Tesla) Stadium this Saturday.