Allardyce banking on Liverpool old boys to upset Reds


West Ham United's manager Sam Allardyce takes his seat before their English Premier League soccer match against Everton at Goodison Park in Liverpool March 1, 2014. REUTERS/Phil Noble

LONDON (Reuters) - West Ham manager Sam Allardyce is banking on Liverpool outcasts Andy Carroll and Stewart Downing to help his side arrest their former club's title charge when the Premier League leaders visit Upton Park on Sunday.

Carroll, who moved from Newcastle United to Liverpool for 35 million pounds in January 2011, played only two games for the Reds at the start of last season before manager Brendan Rodgers loaned the striker to West Ham.

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