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West Ham boss Bilic: Payet can handle man-marking

West Ham boss Slaven Bilic says Dimitri Payet can handle any man-marking he comes up against.

Bilic wrote for the London Evening Standard: "Yes, the opposing team will make plans to hopefully keep him quiet but there are many moments in open play when it will be impossible to double up on him. We tried to mark Sergio Aguero, for example, the other week when we played Manchester City and our two central defenders did a very good job but still he scored two goals and hit a post.

"Top players will always find a way. They tried to mark Andrea Pirlo for three years. He plays in a central position so he is always in front of you and you think it is easy to mark him with two or even three players."

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