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Julen Lopetegui is in no mood to take the fall for West Ham’s dire capitulation in the 4-1 defeat to Premier League rivals Spurs. When the Hammers were beaten out of sight by Chelsea at home a month ago, Julen Lopetegui held his hands up. The West Ham boss admitted he had got his strange tactics all wrong. The 57-year-old played Edson Alvarez as a libero grande centre-back tasked with man-marking Chelsea’s fastest player Nicolas Jackson. West Ham were 1-0 down a couple of minutes in and 2-0 down shortly after as Alvarez’s lack of pace was brutally exposed. Lopetegui subbed off Guido Rodriguez …

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