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The Pellegrini verdict

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Manuel Pellegrini was not a happy man at the end.

After the Foxes had scored a massively deflected equaliser the Hammers boss said: “I am happy with the performance and the way the team played but not with the result.

Spraking to Match of the Day“We were very unlucky with the goal they scored because we played around 55 minutes with a player less.

“Maybe Leicester had other options which they missed but that goal was very unlucky in the last few minutes of the game.

“Until the final whistle you never know what will be the score. After they scored the goal we had chances too.

“I am very proud with how the team is playing. We drew against Leicester away with one player less which can be

He refused to make a judgement on Noble’s red card saying: “I haven’t seen it. But I respect the referee. I haven’t seen it so I don’t give my opinion.”

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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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