commentator: it's demarai gray! 2—1 leicester!ee. the prospect of playing second—tier football in the former 0lympic stadium unthinkable for the owners. commentator: it's demarai gray! 2—1 leicester! they planned so much more when they hired manuel pellegrini, who won the premier league with manchester city in 2014. he spent big on the likes of felipe anderson and led the hammers to tenth on the table last season. but after a promising start, the bubble burst by late autumn. speaking yesterday, he acknowledged the fans had reasons not to be cheerful. they deserve a better performance. we are trying to find which is the way to do it. i think that the players want to do it, but i admit the pressure and the lack of confidence and the lack of results is difficult. it's the time of year for taking stock of where you are and where you're going. as well as soul—searching, west ham will be looking for a new guide. the busy festive schedule continues today with a london derby at 2 o'clock. arsenal — who are 12th — host fouth place chelsea.

commentator: it's demarai gray! 2—1 leicester!cester left west ham just one point above the bottom three. the prospect of playing second—tier football in the former olympic stadium unthinkable for the owners. they planned so much more when they hired manuel pellegrini, who won the premier league with manchester city in 2014. he spent big on the likes of felipe anderson and led the hammers to tenth on the table last season. but after a promising start, the bubble burst by late autumn. speaking yesterday, he acknowledged the fans had reasons not to be cheerful. they deserve a better performance. we are trying to find which is the way to do it. i think that the players want to do it, but i admit the pressure and the lack of confidence and the lack of results is difficult. it's the time of year for taking stock of where you are and where you're going. as well as soul—searching, west ham will be looking for a new guide. elsewhere in the premier league, manchester united moved up to fifth in the table with a 2—0 win at burnley. charlie

commentator: it's demarai gray! 2—1 leicester!cester left west ham just one point above the bottom three. the prospect of playing second—tier football in the former olympic stadium unthinkable for the owners. they planned so much more when they hired pellegrini, who won the premier league with manchester city in 2014. he spent big on the likes of felipe anderson and led the hammers to tenth in the table last season. but after a promising start, the bubble burst by late autumn. speaking yesterday, he acknowledged the fans had reasons not to be cheerful. they deserve a better performance. we are trying to find which is the way to do it. i think that the players want to do it, but i admit the pressure and the lack of confidence and the lack of results is difficult. it's the time of year for taking stock of where you are and where you're going. as well as soul—searching, west ham will be looking for a new guide. patrick geary, bbc news. as we mentioned, david moyes is one of the names in the frame to replace pellegrini, but others hav

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