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The "bubble" of the unbeaten run finally bursts.

"My infamous scrapbooks tell me I’ve been to “West Ham away” seven times in my match going life and I only saw one victory in that time too so perhaps I’m to blame for today and not Alisson Becker? The only victory I saw was at an Upton Park in mid-redevelopment at the end of the 1993/1994 season and Robbie Fowler equalised Martin Allen’s first minute goal before Ian Rush scored the winner with a couple of turgid minutes to go in a dreadful, forgettable game.

Prior to that I remember going to Upton Park for a “Big Match” live game with the legendary Brian Moore in 1991 (0–0) and a 1–1 draw in the amazing 1987/1988 season and the other game soon after in 1988 is worthy of both note and indeed forgetting.

On a cold November night me and my oldest friend Marc saw the Mighty Reds dismantled 4–1 in the League Cup, a game (in)famous for the two goals from Paul Ince and Tony Gale trying and failing to leap over an advertisement board after he scored direct from a free kick.

It was a dreadful night, yet another departure from Upton Park with only a defeat to talk about on the train home and the only highlight being an inventive Scouser who, upon seeing a helicopter hovering over the church near the old Hammers ground shouted “Jesus! That fella up there is probably looking for parishioners!”.

It was a perfect remark as we filed away from the home of West Ham United after yet another defeat. As do thousands of Reds this evening after a game that ended the 25 game unbeaten run but showed a few alarming cracks in a team I often espouse as playing “PlayStation Football”.

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