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West Ham United boss Julen Lopetegui speaking to BBC Sport following the defeat by Leicester: "It’s not easy, because we deserved much more. We had 31 shots, many, many chances and we didn’t score.

"We have to do better and avoid this stat. We had to take more risks in the second half and a good team will take advantage of this. We have to be more effective as normally when you are able to create this number of chances you are going to score one.

"We are very frustrated for the fans and players because they didn’t deserve to lose.

"But we [lost] and we have to recover. The energy and belief for the next challenge is knowing this is the way to be able to change the situation."

On whether he fears for his job: "The only thing I am worried about now is to go in on Wednesday for the training session and to prepare for the next challenge.

"We have one month of a lot of matches and I'm sure with this attitude we will achieve much more points. Today it's hard to say this.

"There are days when it is easy, today it was not easy. We are very frustrated but because we deserved much more."

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Two matches make up Tuesday's Premier League action, and we will bring you every moment.

• Ipswich v Crystal Palace (19:30) - listen on BBC Radio 5 Live

• Leicester v West Ham (20:15) - listen on BBC Radio Sports Extra

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James Jones
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A few days is a long time in football.

On Monday night there was a glimmer of hope that things might be improving after West Ham went to St. James' Park and deservedly came back with all three points.

But by Saturday night it felt like we were back to square one and questioning Julen Lopetegui's ability to turn things around.

I wrote last week that all we wanted to see after the Newcastle win was a similar performance against Arsenal. There was no expectation we would win, but there was an expectation that the performance would continue to show progress.

Conceding five goals at home suggested there are still so many issues that need to be fixed. The quality of the opposition is irrelevant. For much of the past four years, we were very difficult to beat, even against so-called 'top six' sides.

But this season we have shipped five goals twice and look so fragile defensively that it is a mystery we have not conceded more.

The win against Newcastle will have saved Lopetegui's job in the short term. He will have the next few games to prove to everyone that the Arsenal defeat, and the manner of it, was just another blip in his long term vision.

To earn any trust that he has a future in east London, he simply has to ensure we go to Leicester on Tuesday night and win.

Saturday was more about the performance and not the result. Tuesday is all about both.

No excuses.

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Chris Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League games this season, against a variety of guests.

For week 14 he takes on James Ryan, bassist with rock band The Slow Readers Club.

Sutton's prediction: 1-2

Both teams were beaten heavily at the weekend and this feels like a massive game for West Ham boss Julen Lopetegui, who is back under scrutiny again after such a big defeat at home by Arsenal.

What might help him here is how bad Leicester are defensively. This is Ruud van Nistelrooy's first game in charge of the Foxes so you would expect King Power Stadium to be rocking, but that will not help them keep the Hammers out.

I am not convinced by West Ham in any way, shape or form at the moment but they have attacking players who can hurt Leicester, and that will get them the win Lopetegui needs.

Ryan's prediction: 1-0

This has got 'new manager bounce' written all over it.

Read the full predictions and have your say here

West Ham are considering Porto boss Sergio Conceicao as a replacement for Julen Lopetegui, whose future as manager is under increasing pressure. (Guardian), external

Meanwhile, the Hammers have decided to offer Vladimir Coufal a new contract rather than offload the 32-year-old right-back. (Football Insider), external

Want more transfer stories? Read Tuesday's full gossip column

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West Ham have been drawn to play Aston Villa in the FA Cup third round at Villa Park.

The tie will take place between 9-13 January.

See the full draw here

West Ham boss Julen Lopetegui has been speaking to the media before Tuesday's Premier League game against Leicester City (kick-off 20:15).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• Centre-back Jean-Clair Todibo is the only injury doubt following the defeat by Arsenal as he is awaiting further assessment.

• Striker Niclas Fullkrug "is improving and is very close" to a return, but it is unlikely he will be available for Tuesday: "Three months is a long time without matches, but thankfully he is close to recovery."

• Mohammed Kudus has completed his five-game suspension and is "fit and ready" to return to the matchday squad.

• On the heavy defeat to Arsenal: "We are focused on the next challenge. I prefer to talk about tomorrow than the last match, because that's the past now. We were disappointed."

• He said Leicester "will be very tough and demanding" opponents and added "I am sure we need to show our best version to compete there."

• 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."

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