West Ham’s early solidity was undone by some very sloppy defending as Liverpool countered from a Hammers corner to open the scoring on 21 minutes
Browsing: Slaven Bilic
Everton’s Ronald Koeman became the third managerial casualty of the Premier League season on Monday.
Last season’s edition of the fixture all but ended Tottenham’s hopes of winning the Premier League title, and the North Londoners will be after revenge against their struggling hosts this weekend
Sakho, who flew to Rennes and underwent a medical, was forced to return to West Ham on the final day of the transfer window after the two clubs failed to agree on a fee.
Just as the club believed they had landed their coup – having agreed to a buy back clause – Bilic decided that the player was unproven and too much of a risk.
It is a match of two clubs with everything and nothing to gain
The striker is the top scorer in the Premier League this season with 24 goals
The draw ensures Slaven Bilic’s side are all but safe from the drop, but David Moyes’ Sunderland still look set for the Championship next season
Arsenal’s Arsene Wenger and West Ham’s Slaven Bilic were not short-listed
The Hammers have gone through a roller-coaster ride this season
Hammers manager, Slaven Bilic, revealed that the 28-year-old had been due to face an operation for a knee injury later this month, but agreed to play on anyway as he awaited surgery
The north London club relinquished a two-goal advantage in the corresponding fixture last season and came back with only a point, which all but ended their title challenge
Bilic is ready to throw the Nigeria international straight into the mix in a new-look West Ham forward line on Saturday
Louis van Gaal’s tactics have come under increasing scrutiny following back-to-back draws with PSV and Leicester City, and a run of results that includes four 0-0 draws in their last eight games in all competitions
Slaven Bilic was the talk of the Premier League after the first weekend of the new season, but the praise was quickly forgotten last week when the Hammers followed a shock win over Arsenal by losing 2-1 at home to Leicester City