West Ham United have been working hard at Rush Green ahead of the year-ending visit of Premier League table-toppers Liverpool on Sunday evening.
With the fixtures coming thick and fast over the festive season, there is precious little time for Julen Lopetegui and his staff to prepare their players, but every second of the past couple of days has been put to good use ahead of the Reds' arrival in east London.
With a number of players nursing injuries and two suspended for this weekend's game, it will be time for others to step up and attempt to extend the Hammers' unbeaten top-flight run to five matches to end 2024.
Lucas Paquetá is available to face Arne Slot's team after a one-match ban, but Guido Rodríguez and Tomáš Souček will miss Sunday's game through suspension, while Łukasz Fabiański, Maximilian Kilman and Carlos Soler were all forced off with injuries in the 1-0 Boxing Day win at Southampton, and Michail Antonio continues to recover following his car accident at the start of December.
