West Ham made it three victories in a week as they defeated Fulham 3-1 in an incident-packed game at the London Stadium on Sunday.
Fulham had taken the lead when Andreas Pereira blasted home his first goal for the club but then the same player gave away a penalty in ludicrous fashion after hauling down Craig Dawson, allowing Jarrod Bowen to level from the spot.
Gianluca Scamacca then scored for a third successive game, after a lengthy VAR check for handball, before substitute Michail Antonio put the game to bed for West Ham.
After netting against Wolves last weekend and grabbing the winner against Anderlecht on Thursday, the Italian was the Hammers' main man once again.
“I thought we deserved the win,” said West Ham manager David Moyes. “We started slow, maybe an impact of playing on Thursday, but we grew into the game as it went on.
“I thought there were bits today that were really good. There were bits I didn't enjoy but it is going in the right direction at the moment. We are playing much better.”
Pereira has not exactly set the world alight since swapping Manchester United for Fulham in the summer, but he was the central character in a back-and-forth first half.
He gave his side the lead from out of nothing in the fifth minute after a mix-up between Declan Rice and Bowen in the Fulham half.
Neeskens Kebano fed Pereira and, with right-back Thilo Kehrer caught upfield and Kurt Zouma too slow to get across, the Brazil midfielder was free to lash an angled drive past Lukasz Fabianski and high into the net.
Hammers goalkeeper Fabianski was beaten again in the 14th minute but Daniel James’ 20-yard effort clipped the crossbar.
West Ham eventually hit their stride with Lucas Paqueta and Scamacca – their two big-money summer
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