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West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce spoke about their upcoming English Premier League match against a Manchester City side in poor form.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Sam Allardyce, West Ham manager (on Manchester City's resent away form):

"I'm very surprised that Manchester City have lost four away games on the trot. I think...that's a huge shock across the football world in this country, based on the huge amount of talent. Like ourselves they can't find a way to win at the moment no matter how well they've played. I saw them against Crystal Palace and Palace defended brilliantly after they got their couple of goals but Manchester City generally are exceptionally good at breaking down defences that resilient."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Sam Allardyce, West Ham manager (on needing top form to get a result from Manchester City):

"Certainly playing at our top level is the aim on Saturday. Whether that gets us a result or not we'll have to wait and see based on the quality of the team we're playing against. When you're playing Manchester City if you're going to get anything all your players have to play at top form, to hit their best level of performance, in all areas. If they've got their shooting boots on, which we need, then you never know."