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Having already worked with Samir Nasri it really was a no brainer for Hammers boss Manuel Pellegrini to sanction a short term loan deal for Samir Nasri, once the Frenchman had proved his fitness following a long suspension for inadvertently having broken FIFA doping laws. Here is what Pellegrini said “I am very pleased to welcome Samir to West Ham United, he is a player I obviously know well from our time together at Manchester City and I am happy to be working with him again.

Having survived on a wing and a prayer through most of the Christmas period, Hammers finally played the 'Game too far' against a resolute and determined Burnley side. Despite the return of Marko Arnoutovic, Hammers were without essentially nine men, and that imbalance finally came home to roost. Unfortunately there are only a few days to go before the next demand on the wafer thin squad.

Burnley: Heaton, Bardsley, Mee, Tarkowski, Taylor, Gudmundsson, Westwood, Cork, McNeil, Wood, Barnes. Subs: Hart, Long, Gibson, Koiki, Hendrick, Vydra, Vokes.
West Ham: Fabianski, Antonio, Ogbonna, Diop, Cresswell, Snodgrass, Noble, Rice, Anderson, Perez, Arnautovic. Subs: Adrian, Masuaku, Obiang, Coventry, Diangana, Carroll, Silva.