Sam Allardyce focused on West Ham performance at Etihad

West Ham manager Sam Allardyce is not paying much attention to Manchester City's poor run as he prepares to take his side to the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.

City have slipped to fourth place in the Premier League after a terrible run of form, but Allardyce is naturally worried about his own side's performance as they seek only their third league win of 2015.

"I am more concerned about getting the best out of my team," said Allardyce, whose side are now in 10th place in the table.

"Maybe City are a wounded animal and they might come out all guns blazing or they might be tentative. We won't know until the match starts.

"We are expecting them to put in a determined performance in front of their own fans."

Allardyce added: "The motivation for our players should be that they have let themselves down by not achieving the results that they should have done from the positions we have been in.

"We want to get the feel-good factor back by winning a few games and getting the confidence back up.

"At the moment we want to reach the 50-point mark or higher, that will make sure we finish higher than we have done in the three years we have been back in the Premier League."

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West Ham will be without Diafra Sakho because of a thigh strain, but Enner Valencia has recovered from a foot problem and so will lead the attack alongside Carlton Cole.

Allardyce said: "Those two guys have to perform to the very best and find the goals we need to try to win the game.

"Playing at our top level is our aim on Sunday. Whether that gets us the result or not we will have to wait and see based on the quality of the opposition we are against, because when you play Manchester City all of your players have to be on top form in all areas.

"If our lads have their shooting boots on, which we need, then you never know."

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