Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakatupato te kaitakawaenga a Cheikhou Kouyate kia rite a West Ham ki te aro atu ki te'kararehe whara'i Manchester City i te Ratapu, engari ka rite ki te nui ake te mamae ki nga tangata a Manuel Pellegrini. Kua kite nga toa o te Barclays Premier League i to ratou taitara tiaki i mahue i muri i te rere o nga hinganga e wha i roto i nga tukinga e ono, i patu i te 4-2 ki nga hoa whawhai United i te mutunga o te wiki kua hipa - he hua i waiho i te heke mai mo te wa roa o te kaiwhakahaere Pellegrini i roto i te feaa i te mea ka taea e City te aro atu ki a Liverpool mo te waahi tohu mo te Champions League. E hiahia ana hoki a West Ham ki te whakaoho, i te kitenga o te wikitoria e rere ana i o raatau maihao i te wa i whakawhiwhia ai e Stoke he waahi mo te wa roa i Upton Park. Ko te kaitakawaenga o West Ham a Cheikhou Kouyate kei te tupato ki te aro atu ki nga toa o Manchester City i te Ratapu. Ko te kaitakawaenga o te taone nui a Yaya Toure (pokapū) me ona hoa kapa i hinga i te 4-2 i Old Trafford i te wiki kua hipa. Kei te tumanako te kaitakawaenga o Senegal a Kouyate ki te whakaputa i tetahi whakautu a City, engari ano hoki tetahi mai i te roopu a Sam Allardyce, kaore i kitea te pumau i te haurua tuarua o te waa ki te heke atu i te whakataetae mo nga waahi Pakeha. Ko nga mea katoa ka taea i te whutupaoro, engari kaua e warewarehia ko wai ta tatou e whawhai nei. He kararehe whara ratou, na te mea e hiahia ana ratou ki nga tohu, na me whakaara ake ratou ki te wikitoria, 'i kii a Kouyate i te paetukutuku mana o te karapu, www.whufc.com. E hiahia ana hoki mātou ki ngā tohu, nā te mea e hiahia ana mātou ki te noho tonu ki roto i te top 10. 'Ehara i te mea māmā, nā te mea ka whawhai mātou ki tētahi o ngā kapa pai rawa atu o te motu, me ngā toa o Ingarangi o te tau kua hipa. 'Mēnā ka whiwhi tātou i tētahi mea ki reira, me pārekareka tātou ki a ia, me te tākaro i te kapa, me te mahi i te kapa.' Kei te whakanui a Kouyate me te kaitiaki maui a Aaron Cresswell i muri i tana whaainga ki a Stoke i Upton Park i te Rahoroi kua hipa. Ko Marouane Fellaini (matau) te kaute tuarua a United i te wa i hinga ai a City ki tetahi atu hinganga o te Pirimia Pirimia. I tapiritia e Kouyate: 'Kaore e taea e tetahi kapa penei i a Manchester City te mahi he, no reira mo tatou he wa pai ki te aro atu ki a raatau, engari kaua tatou e whakahawea ki a raatau, he oranga tonu kei roto i a raatau.' Ko te ahua o West Ham...
Ka tutaki a West Ham ki a Manchester City i te Etihad i te Ratapu, KO i te 1.30pm. E whakapono ana a Cheikhou Kouyate kia kaua e whakahawea te Hammer ki te taone nui. Kua hinga te kapa o Manuel Pellegrini i ā rātou kēmu Pirimia e rua whakamutunga. E hiahia ana a Sam Allardyce kia kaha te whakangungu a West Ham i te Ratapu.