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Cheikhou Kouyate: West Ham must show no fear in Chelsea Boxing Day showdown
CHEIKHOU KOUYATE has told his West Ham team-mates to "stay at home" or go for three points in their Boxing Day clash with Chelsea.
Cheikhou Kouyate's West Ham travel to Chelsea on Boxing Day
The Hammers head into the all-London tie unbeaten in five games and sit fourth in the Premier League.
They face league leaders Chelsea, who have won three on the bounce and last lost to West Ham at Stamford Bridge in September 2002.
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We'll go there with nothing to lose and without fear
But Kouyate believes his side have the ability to overcome Jose Mourinho's men.
"We've nothing to lose at Chelsea because we're playing the best team in the league, in the country," he told the club's official website.
"They're first and it's no fluke. We'll go there with nothing to lose and without fear. If we're fearful, we're better off staying at home!
"This is football and we shouldn't forget it, we've got to enjoy it and we're going there to do just that."
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