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West Ham keeper Fabianski can't celebrate losing return

West Ham goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski couldn't celebrate his return after defeat to Leicester City.

The result marked the dismissal of manager Manuel Pellegrini.

Before the announcement, Fabianski said: "It's very disappointing that we didn't manage to get something out of the game.

"Looking back at the 90 minutes, it took us a bit [of time] to get into the game and get a bit of fluency.

"Leicester dominated the first part of the first half and we struggled a bit with keeping possession. Then we had a really good spell towards the end of the first half.

"In the second half it seemed quite equal for me, but they were more precise when it came to finishing the chances and they put another one past me."

Referring to his early penalty stop, which came after the goalkeeper had himself fouled Kelechi Iheanacho, Fabianski put the save down to the preparation work put in by the analysis team.

"For me, first and foremost, I try to remember anything from the analysis we do before the game, because obviously normally the penalty taker is [Jamie] Vardy," he explained.

"I tried to remember the other possible penalty takers and one of them was Gray. I think he had the tendency to always go to this side (his right and Fabianski's left) and luckily for me he went there again and I managed to save it."

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