West Ham United have been pictured training ahead of a tough trip to title hopefuls Manchester City on Wednesday night.
The Hammers face a Pep Guardiola side gunning to retain their Premier League crown.
West Ham ended a run of five games without a win when they beat Fulham 3-1 last time out.
Hammers face daunting task after ending winless run
Meanwhile City had a break from league action as they lifted the Carabao Cup with a penalty shootout victory over Chelsea on Sunday.
West Ham are aiming to finish seventh, which could reward them with a Europa League place.
But they will be up against it at the Etihad.
Manuel Pellegrini has been boosted by the return of key players from injury in the last week.
And the squad seemed in good spirits as they trained on Monday ahead of the clash.
Pellegrini has been waxing lyrical about returning star Manuel Lanzini all week (Sky Sports).
Pellegrini and Lanzini connection
And he appears to have a new BFF in training as the Chilean was seen deep in conversation with his fellow South American for some time.
Record signing Felipe Anderson was seen chewing the fat with Issa Diop after his first Premier League goals against Fulham.
Andy Carroll has not featured for some time. Whether he is growing his beard until he does is anyone’s guess but it is certainly looking rather beastly.
Carroll’s beastly beard and Balbuena back
The General Fabian Balbuena is back in training and was all smiles after spending nearly two months out with a knee injury.
And Winston Reid was also spotted taking part having not played for West Ham since last March.
Here are a selection of images from the training session at Rush Green.
More pictures as West Ham train ahead of trip to Etihad
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