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Round Two: Marko floors Sparky with Irons sign

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Mark Hughes valiantly attempted to play down Marko Arnautovic’s clear mockery of him as the Hammers 3-0 victory was completed over Southampton

Marko celebrated his second goal in the direction of Hughes with with crossed arms, a reference to the crossed irons in West Ham’s crest.

“They have worked together over the years [Arnautovic and Hughes], Marko is that type,” Moyes said.

“People who have worked with him know that, they will tell you.”

Hughes did an Arsene Wenger after the game claiming he hadn’t noticed but said: “My relationship with Marko Arnautovic when I worked with him at Stoke was very good, you’ll have to ask him about that [goal celebration].

“I don’t know if he was pointing at me or was just excited by scoring.”

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Hugh Southon is a lifelong Iron and the founding editor of ClaretandHugh. He is a national newspaper journalist of many years experience and was Bobby Moore's 'ghost' writer during the great man's lifetime. He describes ClaretandHugh as "the Hammers daily newspaper!"

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  • hammers64 says:

    What a great day and performance from the Lads.Have had 3 weeks of worrying about today and i could not have wished for more.Every player stepped up to the plate today and some considering the World spotlight was on us Today.Congrats to everybody, shall enjoy MOTD tonight.COYI.

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