West Ham have kept three clean sheets in 13 league games. With a packed fixture list this month, the defence must improve

On facing a new opponent in Ruud van Nistelrooy: "He is a very good manager - he has shown that before and has done well in the Premier League. One of the difficulties when you face a new manager is that you don't really know what he's going to do."

Gerard Pique was embroiled in the controversy surrounding the Catalonia referendum in 2017 and has claimed Julen Lopetegui, then Spain boss, told him to apologise - which the West Ham boss strongly de