Summerville scores again as West Ham earn precious three points away at Fulham

[p]West Ham's survival hopes were dented by a heavy 5-2 defeat to Liverpool at the weekend, although they would have taken some inspiration from that, taking their record to two or more goals scored in five consecutive outings.[/p][p]Their attacking intent was on display again inside the first minute when the Hammers created the opening for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/castellanos-valentin/ET4rsqIP/"]Taty Castellanos[/a] to force [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/leno-bernd/jwRV63z0/"]Bernd Leno[/a] into early action.[/p][p]In contrast, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fulham/69ZiU2Om/"]Fulham[/a] took their time to offer a real attacking threat as they struggled to adapt to the absence of the talismanic [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wilson-harry/KWbu7UwK/"]Harry Wilson[/a], who picked up an ankle injury in Sunday’s win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tottenham/UDg08Ohm/"]Tottenham Hotspur[/a].[/p][p]The patient Cottagers finally carved open a golden opportunity in first-half stoppage time when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/king-joshua/tnnZhru5/"]Joshua King[/a] cleverly worked the space to unleash a low shot that was kept out by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hermansen-mads/fq8hQjAg/"]Mads Hermansen[/a]'s outstretched right boot.[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="4f9d300f-c7bb-43df-8649-29544bc0292c" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="87e84ae2-6d15-4ff5-90c9-f56aae9c4b5c" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]Like the first period, Leno was called into action within a minute of the referee’s whistle, reacting smartly to tip [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/soucek-tomas/8zWzYFRF/"]Tomas Soucek[/a]’s header over the crossbar.[/p][p]Just moments later, the Hammers breathed a collective sigh of relief when the referee overturned his original decision to award the Cottagers a penalty, with VAR showing that [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cairney-tom/Uqxm6DaI/"]Tom Cairney[/a] kicked through Castellanos rather than the contact coming from the West Ham marksman. [/p][p]Nuno Espirito Santo’s side quickly put their scare behind them as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/summerville-crysencio/EaRET7t6/"]Summerville[/a] whipped in a dangerous delivery that should have been finished off by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wilson-callum/YwKMvtoh/"]Callum Wilson[/a] at the far post.[/p][embed guid="6324a487-1489-463b-b8e8-fffbd0d71f63" url="https://x.com/WestHam/status/2029300672407949497" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]The confident Summerville soon demonstrated the composure that Wilson lacked, pouncing on a mix-up between Leno and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bassey-calvin/faJVc0Mk/"]Calvin Bassey[/a] before shimmying past [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/berge-sander/KCY13JFl/"]Sander Berge[/a] to curl home a left-footed shot to the delight of the away support behind the goal.[/b][/p][p]Hermansen then pulled off a vital late save to thwart [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/castagne-timothy/xYfOMcA5/"]Timothy Castagne[/a] and seal a win that means only goal difference keeps the PL’s 18th-placed side behind Nottingham Forest, while they move within a point of Spurs.[/p][p]As for Marco Silva’s charges, the defeat keeps them in 10th spot and eight points adrift of the top six.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/summerville-crysencio/EaRET7t6/"]Crysencio Summerville[/a] (West Ham)[/b][/p][image alt="Momentum" id="0128cf1a-4a35-4b6d-bd35-39adaee850bb" credit-line="Opta by Stats Perform" guid="61351094-46b6-4be7-a69d-5aa549b4afa4" original-width="1920" original-height="1080" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/fulham-69ZiU2Om/west-ham-Cxq57r8g/summary/stats/?mid=ELFi5UVF"]Catch up on the match stats with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]