Fulham beaten at home by West Ham
Fulham 0
West Ham 1Summerville (65′)
Fulham’s hopes of securing a European spot suffered a setback as they were beaten by relegation-threatened West Ham.
A second-half Crysencio Summerville goal was enough to earn the visitors all three points.
Despite having won their previous three games, Marco Silva’s side began nervously, with the Hammers aggressive going forward across a largely uneventful opening half.
Fulham keeper Bernd Leno was alert to save well from a Tomas Soucek header at the start of the second half.
And the hosts were controversially denied a penalty by VAR when Tom Cairney was adjudged to have kicked Valentin Castellanos while preparing to shoot from just inside the penalty area.
West Ham broke the deadlock in the 65th minute. Leno was caught outside his penalty area and failed to clear the ball, which was picked up by Summerville, who evaded the attention of Sander Berge to confidently sweep the ball into the net.
Fulham: Leno, Tete (Castagne 82), Diop, Bassey, Robinson, Berge (Sessegnon 82), Cairney (Bobb 60), Chukwueze, King (Smith Rowe 60), Iwobi, Jimenez (Muniz 60)
Subs not used: Lecomte, Andersen, Reed, Lukic.
