West Ham added to Fulham’s Premier League woes at Craven Cottage on Saturday, beating their London rivals 2-0 thanks to goals from Robert Snodgrass and Michail Antonio.
Fulham, yet to keep a clean sheet this season, stayed rooted to the bottom of the table with nine points from 17 games, while the Hammers’ fourth league win in a row lifted them to ninth on 24 points.
New Fulham manager Claudio Ranieri had been looking to build on the four points his side took in their first two home games under his charge.
His players created most of the early pressure, with Andre Schurlle and Aboubakar Kamara firing in shots and creating chances within the opening 10 minutes.
But it was Manuel Pellegrini’s visitors who took the lead after 17 minutes when midfielder Felipe Anderson sprang past Fulham’s Denis Odoi and fed the ball to Snodgrass, who blasted his left-footed shot high into the top left corner.
Anderson helped West Ham double their lead 12 minutes later, crossing to Javier Hernandez who nodded the ball on for Antonio to bring it down and beat keeper Sergio Rico.
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