West Brom Is A Must Win - Sam Allardyce

[Folami David]

West Ham boss Sam Allardyce feels it is critical for his side's survival bid that they beat West Brom on Saturday.
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The Hammers slipped into the Premier League relegation zone after losing 3-1 to Arsenal and next host the Baggies, who sit three points above them.
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"West Brom is becoming a must win, without being over-anxious or over-adventurous," said Allardyce.
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"You can always lose to Arsenal, but our big games are West Brom and Fulham in the next two."
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Arsenal dominated the first half at Upton Park but could not capitalise and West Ham opened the scoring just after the break through Carlton Cole.
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But they wasted three glorious chances to double their advantage and Arsenal equalised through a Theo Walcott strike. The Arsenal forward then headed the visitors in front before Lukas Podolski lashed home a third.
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"We let it slip through our fingers," said Allardyce. "Three golden chances for 2-0 through Matt Jarvis, Joey O'Brien and Carlton Cole.
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"We had a great opportunity to beat the top of the league team, unfortunately we didn't take that and we paid the price."
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Results elsewhere meant West Ham fell from 17th and a point outside the bottom three to 19th and two points inside it.
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They have won only one of their last 11 league games and after the visit of managerless West Brom comes a trip to Fulham on 1 January.

[Shola Sholaz]

That is very true. They should have won that game if they took their chances. Must be a very painful defeat

[Nifemi Donald]

Even after saying this his team ended up sharing One point with West Brom. West Ham has nt been convincing