Winners In The Wild West - Fulham 0-1 West Ham

How does the saying go again? Wait for one and four come along! It’s West Ham United’s fourth clean sheet in all competitions since Burnley, which was coincidentally the beginning of where Herman took between the sticks.

The Hammers secured a vital three points at Craven Cottage with a well-thought-out performance from Nuno, where the head coach decided to return to the 4-4-2 formation, which secured yet another victory.

Chaotic events occurred as 'don’t Hue dare' was in charge as in the opening minutes, the Hammers were denied a penalty after Alex Iwobi’s arm gravitated towards the ball, with tensions rising high you could perhaps see why it would be gifted as a penalty, given some of the decision this Premier League season, it’s a penalty all day long, but for the sake of the game’s shattered heart, it’s a waywood call.

No other tensions occurred, but never fear, a new athlete has arisen, diving for DR Congo… Wan Bissaka made a ludicrous attempt at securing a foul in Fulham’s half, but this was seen right through and he was penalised with a yellow card. Speaking of yellows… whilst people may give the referee his credit for it being his only fifth Premier League officiated match, an appalling call was made as Mateus Fernandes, who was already on a yellow card, made a second bookable offence challenge and started walking down the tunnel but to his bewilderment, he remained on the pitch! It’s either a free kick and a yellow or a free kick to the Hammers, not too hard.

Bernd Leno’s blunder resulted in Hammers success as the German international ran outside the box, speedy Jarrod Bowen ticked on to the ball, placed it to Cry, who did what he’s done best as of late, placed the ball into the back of the net.

The only person who attempted to give Leno a run for his money was Heart-attack Herman, the Dane developed a new technique of throwing it out to the back and that being the baseline to all of our attacks forward, intelligent in the way that it drags the players forwards which subsequently creates space, but in reality, it is incredibly risky and can backfire very easily, of which it did once or twice.

A nail-biting finish, but one that resulted in a crucial three points. Unfortunately, Nottingham Forest managed to draw against Manchester City, meaning that the Hammers remain in the relegation zone, but before Tottenham play tomorrow, currently Nuno finds himself level on points with Forest, one away from Spurs and three points from Leeds

All is still to play for - LN