Andre Ayew provides boost for West Ham boss Slaven Bilic, writes Danny Murphy

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Danny Murphy3 November 2017

Will Andre Ayew be the player to shake West Ham out of their slump? The forward has not always been trusted by Slaven Bilic, but he has three goals in his last two matches.

Ayew scored twice when West Ham won that amazing Carabao Cup game against Tottenham at Wembley, coming back from 2-0 down to take it 3-2. He followed that up with a brilliant strike at Crystal Palace last weekend, to put his team 2-0 up.

While I maintain West Ham will not be involved in the relegation fight, they do need to start putting some decent results together.

Much has been made of Liverpool’s shaky defence, but they also lack creativity, especially with Sadio Mane out and Philippe Coutinho struggling to be fit for the weekend because of a thigh injury.

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Three of Watford’s four victories in the league have been away from Vicarage Road, which shows what a dangerous team they can be if you leave them room on the counter-attack.

This is another tricky game for Everton. I know Watford lost at home to Stoke last week but they showed against Arsenal and Chelsea that they have the firepower to trouble the best teams. Even though David Unsworth is in charge after Ronald Koeman’s departure, Everton still look vulnerable.

After doing so much good work, Watford don’t want to go into the international break with back-to-back defeats.

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