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WEST Ham coach Slaven Bilic has revealed that Victor Moses could face six weeks out with a hamstring injury after the 0-0 draw with Manchester United.
Moses hobbled off in the first-half of their stalemate as the Hammers avoided defeat at another of the Premier League heavyweights following wins at Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool.
The winger joins an ever-growing injury list with Dimitri Payet, Enner Valencia, Diafra Sakho and Manuel Lanzini all facing spells on the sidelines.
Bilic bemoaned his team’s luck, but said the well earned point at Old Trafford was made more special due to the lack of attacking options.
“We have to wait for a scan but it doesn’t look good,” he said.
“It’s not like cramp. I don’t know if it’s three, four, five or six weeks. It is painful to be without Dimi Payet, Enner Valencia, Diafra Sakho, Manuel Lanzini and now Victor Moses.
“It’s almost impossible to replace them. But we replaced them today and this point was well deserved. As it was done without those players, it makes it even bigger.”
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