Graham Potter scored twice in the space of 131 seconds of the first half to give West Ham United a 3-2 victory over Fulham at the London Stadium for his first win and start of his new career as a West Ham United player. The coach’s rule.
Adama Traore did well as a stoppage-time substitute for teenager Josh King, but he inexplicably slipped from close range and missed a golden opportunity to salvage a point for the visitors.
Potter's first game in charge did not go to plan and the Hammers crashed out of the FA Cup with a 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa in the third round on Friday, but his side However, two goals were scored due to Fulham's mistakes.
Carlos Soler latched on to Andreas Pere as the West Ham boss, who succeeded Julen Lopetegui last week, got his side back to winning ways in his first home game La's mistake broke the deadlock in the game (31).
By this time Fulham had hit the crossbar through Harry Wilson but they soon fell two points behind when Aaron Wan-Bissaka latched on to Guido Rodriguez's cross for Thomas. Soucek fired a quick shot (33).
West Ham have lost three games in a row in all competitions, conceding a total of 11 goals when Alex E Their lead was halved when Alex Iwobi's cross beat Lukasz Fabianski.
That set the stage for Fulham to continue attacking in the second half, but Bernd Leno made a mistake under pressure from Danny Ings, allowing Lucas Paqueta to re-establish the home side's two-goal lead. (67).
However, West Ham were unable to rest comfortably for long as another Iwobi cross evaded Harry Wilson's touch and beat Fabianski, who was equal to his first Copies of crosses (78) are identical.
Jimenez and Traore - tellingly - passed up the chance to have the final say, meaning Potter's side moved up to 12th in the Premier League while Fulham ended their eight-game unbeaten run Still ranked ninth.
"We want to attack together, we want to defend together," Porter said. "It's no good talking about individuals, it's about the team, it's about how we work collectively as a unit and that's been our focus."
"The way they've responded to what they've been trying to do has been absolutely top class. I couldn't ask for more. The players, the staff have been very, very supportive and the players are just trying to do their best and trying to accept what we're asking them to do. matter.
"They're not going to be perfect, I don't expect them to be, but I think intent and effort are the foundation, that's the minimum we ask for, and I think because we had that we were able to win tonight."
How Porter's first win was wrapped as a gift
Fulham boss Marco Silva will lament his team's most sloppy performance of the season. They were in control for much of the game. West Ham scored their opening two goals on the first two shots of the game. However, when Raul Jimenez hit the crossbar shortly after Soucek's shot, you had the feeling this was not going to be their night.
Potter knows his side will have to be better than this with more London derbies to come in the coming weeks, but he will be delighted to see his players persevere in the visitors' search for points. Determination in his eyes.
Just six minutes after the restart, Iwobi gave them hope when his cross eluded Jimenez and outsmarted Fabianski. But Silva could not hide his disappointment at Leno's uncharacteristic error, which ultimately led to the home side's exit.
Ings, who replaced Mohamed Kudus, pounced on the sleeping stopper in a losing effort, leaving Paqueta with an unguarded net. West Ham were relieved and held on despite Iwobi beating Fabianski on several occasions.
Fulham were the architect of their own downfall, compounded by Traore's yawning loss at death, and Potter's first win that night was seen as a gift.
Porter: Our aggression forced us to make mistakes
west ham united boss Graham Potter:
"I'm very, very happy with the result. This performance was a display of great hard work and great unity. It's far from perfect in terms of our long-term goals, but as a starting point, there is a foundation.
"We were passive at first and couldn't put enough pressure on Fulham, but we changed that midway through the first half and got more involved. There's still a lot to do but it was a good one start.
"They were a gift from our pressure. We forced turnovers by pressing and being aggressive to try to take the lead.
"If you don't put pressure on them, you don't have those mistakes. I think we could have done better with the two goals they had as well, but when you think about the players we're missing and the game we had on Friday night, I'm happy with the three goals, the three points and the victory."
Silva: Punished for our own mistakes
fulham boss Marco Silva:
"We were punished for our mistakes and obviously it was our fault we lost the game. We created enough chances to take the lead and West Ham simply didn't get around our box."
"We made a mistake on offense that we felt led to the second game. We lost the first game and then the second game. We lost principle for a few minutes."
"They defended almost the whole second half but then we scored another goal. Raul and Adama had two great chances to equalize so obviously the result didn't reflect what was happening on the pitch. But we couldn't let that happen The game became so easy for teams to punish us."
Potter works his magic - Opta stats
- Graham Potter became the first West Ham United manager to win the Hammers' first home Premier League game since Sam Allardyce against Aston Villa (1-0) in August 2012.
- Fulham lost their first Premier League game since November (against Wolves), ending Cottagers' longest unbeaten run in the Premier League (8 wins) since December 2008 (9 games in a row) 2 flat 6 flat).
- Carlos Soler's first goal made him the 175th player to score for West Ham United in the Premier League (excluding own goals), more than any other team with at least two different scorers.
- Only Mohamed Salah (13) and Bukayo Saka (10) have more assists than Fulham's Anthony Robinson (nine) in the Premier League this season. Robinson has nine assists in 21 league games this season, more than he had in his first two seasons in the league combined (seven assists in 100 games).