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Manuel Pellegrini is a serial winner and despite his mild demeanor the Hammers manager could barely conceal his anger following the club's loss to Tottenham on Wednesday evening, it wasn't so much the loss but the manner of it that so irked the 65 year old Chilean. Pellegrini's thinly veiled comments were directed fairly and squarely at Felipe Anderson among others who were culpable.

Jose Mourinho has generally always been at clubs with deep pockets and expects the Manchester United board to reinforce their central defence in the January transfer window after their failure to clinch a defensive signing in the summer, Mourinho has continued to discuss the centre-back issue in front of colleagues after United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward was unable to conclude a deal for one in the last window.

West Ham United: Adrian, Fredericks, Diop, Ogbonna, Masuaku, Obiang, Rice, Anderson, Antonio, Diangana, Hernandez. Subs: Fabianski, Balbuena, Coventry, Snodgrass, Powell, Arnautovic, Perez.
Tottenham Hotspur: Gazzaniga, Aurier, Sanchez, Foyth, Walker-Peters, Wanyama, Winks, Eriksen (C), Son, Dele, Llorente. Subs: Vorm, Eyoma, Marsh, Skipp, Sissoko, Nkoudou, Lucas.