Friday, 4th April, 2014
Former Liverpool defender Mark Lawrenson is concerned about Andy Carroll and Stewart Downing hurting the Reds on Sunday when West Ham host his old club at Upton Park.
Liverpool head into the fixture sitting top of the Premier League table, two points clear of Chelsea, and will come face to face with two former players in the shape of Carroll and Downing.
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Both were big-money buys by previous Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish and offloaded by incumbent boss Brendan Rodgers.
And Lawrenson is warning his old club that West Ham will prove to be a far bigger threat than Tottenham Hotspur proved to be last weekend; Liverpool brushed Spurs aside to run out comprehensive 4-0 winners at Anfield.
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"In many ways Liverpool's game this weekend against West Ham will certainly be far tougher than Tottenham. I thought Tottenham were really, really poor", Lawrenson told LFC TV.
"I just see Downing and I see Carroll and I think oh my goodness, imagine if they conjure up a goal against us", he continued.
"It will be tough, it will be a really, really tough game."
West Ham, who sit eleventh in the Premier League standings and well clear of relegation trouble, head into the match on the back of a 2-1 win away at Sunderland on Monday evening.
Carroll scored the Hammers' opener in that game.
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