West Ham captain Declan Rice has spoken ahead of Nottingham Forest's visit to the London Stadium this afternoon (3pm).
Forest will head to the capital sitting five points clear of the relegation zone in 13th place. They held Manchester City to a 1-1 draw last time out, thanks to Chris Wood's strike.
David Moyes' side, meanwhile, are in a more delicate situation, sitting in the bottom three after a 2-0 defeat to Tottenham. The Hammers have only won five of their 23 matches this campaign and have struggled to find the back of the net.
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"We play Nottingham Forest on Saturday and I want to welcome Cheikhou Kouyate, Jesse Lingard and Andre Ayew back to east London," Rice told the West Ham official website.
"Cheikhou is a top lad and had a great run here, Jesse fell in love with us during his six months here, and André was in the team and scored on my debut at Burnley six years ago, and they deserve a warm welcome. But they’re Forest players now and we need to produce the goods and get the better of them.
"Forest is a massive game and we know the magnitude of it after not picking up the results we’ve wanted so far this season. We’ve put ourselves in the position where almost every game is must-win.
"I know I and the lads are trying to stay as focused and level-headed as possible and tackle the job at hand."
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