West Ham United vs Fulham LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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West Ham United won back-to-back Premier League games for the first time this season when they came from behind to beat Fulham 3-1 at home in a London derby on Sunday.
Fulham took an early lead almost out of nothing when Andreas Pereira took the ball into West Ham’s box and blasted the ball from a tight angle past Lukasz Fabianski into the roof of the net.
Pereira quickly turned from hero to villain, however, when he fouled Craig Dawson in the box at a corner despite repeated warnings from the referee to keep his arms off the defender.
Jarrod Bowen dispatched the resulting penalty with aplomb as he sent Bernd Leno, who had just made a superb double save, the wrong way.
West Ham were slow to up the tempo with Fulham content to sit back but Gianluca Scamacca gave the home side the lead just after the hour mark when he deftly controlled Lucas Paqueta’s lob before applying a cool finish.
Michail Antonio came off the bench and wrapped up the win in stoppage time when he profited from a defensive mix-up between Leno and defender Tim Ream.
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INCHES WIDE! Paqueta threads the ball through to Scamacca in the inside-right channel and he pulls the trigger on a right-footed strike. It looks destined for the bottom-left corner, but the ball travels inches wide.
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Kebano surges away from Kehrer and runs at Zouma. He resists the strike at goal and goes for an offload to Reed on the charge, but he fails to take it in stride amid pressure from Fornals.
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The contest has been very open in the first 19 minutes. Silva will be the much happier of the two managers as West Ham have yet to find their rhythm.
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WHAT A SAVE! Scamacca almost responds for the Hammers, but his powerful header from close range is well stopped by Leno. The German has to get down quickly to his right to react to the header and he produces a super save to keep Fulham in front.
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Vinicius plays Kebano down the left flank and cuts inside to whip a dangerous cross into the middle. James attacks it at the back post, but cannot make clean contact with his header that travels behind.
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OFF THE BAR! James is denied a super goal by the bar. Fulham work the ball brilliantly in the final third before James curls a left-footed strike towards the target. Fabianski is beaten, but West Ham are saved by the woodwork as the ball clatters the bar and heads over.
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