David Moyes has spent this week teaching his West Ham squad how to play without the ball because he knows Manchester City will dominate it on Sunday.

Pep Guardiola's City have been breaking records when it comes to possession and passing this season and the newly-crowned champions visit the London Stadium chasing Chelsea's record points tally set in 2004-05.

West Ham are still not safe from the drop and Moyes says they will try to cause City problems by showing patience and picking their moments to pounce.

David Moyes is preparing for West Ham's clash with Manchester City without footballs

The Hammers boss revealed he will use multiple formations throughout the game

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'I don't think you can play Manchester City with one formation,' Moyes said. 'You probably need to have two or three through the game because if you find a way to stop them or work them out, they'll overrun it.

'There's not a team where they have not had the possession or chances. For anybody to think that we are going to have that would be naive.

'We'll do our best to make it as hard as we can for them.'

Meanwhile, Moyes has defended his public criticism of Declan Rice following the 19-year-old's costly mistake that led to their 4-1 loss to Arsenal last week.

'I'm doing my job,' Moyes said. 'I've got to tell people when I don't think they're doing well. I think that's part of it. It's my style.

'When I came to West Ham I made my mind up, I said, "No, I'm going to tell them exactly what I think". But let me put it right, Declan has done great for us.'