Club have not let sale of Declan Rice disrupt momentum but manager will not get carried away during rare purple patch
he gag doing the rounds is that an early title decider takes place at the London Stadium on Saturday afternoon. All eyes are on the clash of the heavyweights: West Ham v, David Moyes and Pep Guardiola going head to head, the Europa Conference League winners taking on the European champions, who head to east London missing a few key individuals and no doubt wary of being undone by opponents who have not allowed the sale of their best player to disrupt their momentum.
The trick, as Moyes said before facing City, is knowing when to be expansive and when to be resilient. He insisted that the plan against Brighton and Chelsea was not to see so little of the ball. “While the quality of the opposition is so good you have to find a way to stop them,” Moyes said. “It would be great if people think I want my teams to be very open and expansive and lose 5-0. I’ve not done it throughout my career. You shouldn’t expect it from me now.
While West Ham know how to survive without the ball, the aim is still to become less reliant on James Ward-Prowse’s set piece deliveries and incisive counterattacks from Michail Antonio and Jarrod Bowen. Moyes has tried to refine the style. Last summer he signed Nayef Aguerd, a ball-playing centre-back, and added Brazilian flourish farther forward with the addition of Lucas Paquetá.
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