EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS | West Ham 0-1 Fulham | 3 Premier League Wins In A Row

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Six minutes on the clock.
Golas here at the London Stadium.
Here's Anthony Robinson through for Smith-Rowe.
Nice little turn.
Defender got a touch.
But then Jimenez dragged it out.
Got it onto his right foot.
Turned.
Just didn't get the execution right, Jamie.
But turned the defender and suddenly created a nice bit of space for himself.
Maybe rushed the shot a little bit and it's off target.
It was always rising and going wide at a far post.
But found a bit of space very easily there.
Dragging it away from Max Killman.
Just got under the shot.
It was never on target.
But if he gets more opportunities like that, then he might well nick a goal.
He's got six Premier League goals against West Ham.
I think maybe more than any other club.
I'm not sure.
But he's done well in the past.
He's on the ball again.
Fed through by Sascha Lukic.
Outside of the right foot.
Jimenez finds Harry Wilson.
25 yards from goal.
Onto the left foot.
I think Ariola got his fingertips to that.
It's going to be the first corner of the game.
It was a beautifully struck shot.
I'm sure you can picture Harry Wilson in your mind's eye as he's making his way.
Cut in from the right-hand side.
He got to a central position.
And he absolutely spanked it with his left foot.
It was a lovely effort.
And it's a good save from Ariola getting his fingertips to that.
It's the first corner of the game.
But good effort from Harry, Jamie.
Those are the little areas where you want to see him, Jim.
Just getting in that pocket of space to get a touch on it.
He was sort of bundled over.
But the referee didn't see anything wrong with that.
They play it into the box for Jared Bowen.
That's a really good save from Bernd Leno at the near post.
Jorge Cuenca did just about enough to put Jared Bowen off.
Throwing his body in towards the west-hand winger.
But he still struck the shot really well.
You wouldn't expect him to beat the keeper at the near post.
But it still took some saving there, Jamie.
And then it's quick reactions from Bernd.
Oh, there's a ball through that's caught us out.
Jared Bowen's onto it.
Edge of the box.
Oh, it's a good save from Bernd Leno again.
He goes down low.
Has he given the outside?
Yeah, he's finally put the flag up.
Taken a deep breath or taken a pause, really,
to say like this offside against Jared Bowen.
But the flag was ignored.
But that's how it goes at the moment.
He's definitely offside as it's fed through.
But then he goes all the way into the penalty area.
Bernd Leno drills the shot on target.
Bernd Leno has to fling himself down to make the save.
And then the flag goes up.
But got to be wary of Jared Bowen.
But now Sander Berger at the other end goes for goal.
And he's won a corner.
I'd like to see a replay of that one, Jamie.
Oh, here's Somerville finding a bit of space to get the cross in.
Oh, did he let it run out of play?
Well, in the end, he picked out Fernandez,
probably the wrong player, really,
for getting a header on goal.
And it went wide of the target.
But suddenly found a lot of space, Somerville.
Good cutback, wasn't it?
Sculls with the header, Jimmy.
Might well have done and should have probably done better.
It's a free header.
It was Sculls, yeah.
I was thinking it was Fernandez.
But fictional challenge by Kevin on Pachitaro.
It won't be the first, won't be the last, I should say.
In short, Somerville, as it was headed back,
probably should have done better.
Is it a corner?
Yeah, they've given the corner.
It was headed back towards Somerville.
We've got contact on it, but not really enough power on the shot.
But on its way towards goal, it's come off a full-on player.
And then just bypassed Magasa, I think it was.
He goes out for a corner.
I think that's their fourth, is it?
I don't know. He didn't put it in.
Magasa, yeah, four corners for West Ham.
Yeah, he was closest to goal, but it just spun away from him.
But left-hand side, back in for Berg.
He's got a little pocket of space, 12 yards inside.
The West Ham half squares it for Joachim Andersen.
He's going to go for the goal.
Oh, Arriola spilled it.
Harry Wilson almost got on the end of it.
Was it the defender who got there first?
He's given the goal kick to the referee.
Surely that's going to be a corner.
Well, he caught him out taking the effort.
It was so unconventional, wasn't it?
The goalkeeping, his feet were in the air, Jim,
or certainly off the ground.
Yeah, he seemed to kind of jump on top of the ball.
But, wow, Harry Wilson came sliding in.
It's really done him.
He is a bit unorthodox.
I mean, that's a corner for me, Jamie.
It's off to Debo, isn't it, surely?
Yeah, Harry Wilson got the first touch,
and he's turned it against Debo, the defender.
I mean, it's difficult.
I can see why the referee couldn't be all that sure,
but, you know, to limit his possession.
Here's another chance for West Ham to break.
They're a bit fortunate the way the ball fell into the path.
And now Jared Bowen.
Oh, again, it's good defending.
It was Kenny Tettey, was it?
We've got a cross in there.
And then the offside flag goes up, does it?
It was a full-on throw, wasn't it, playing his day
with about a minute to go.
That's right.
It was against West Ham, wasn't it, at the Cottage?
Yeah, and they just took the throw-in
to the Sunday morning trick.
Here's Harry Wilson, though, into the penalty area.
Across the face, a goal.
Oh, Kevin's gone to the ground.
The ball went behind him.
I'd like to say he was pushed to the ground,
but I don't think he was.
Ball back into the box.
Oh, appeals from Fulham.
Finally, the ball out to Andy Robinson.
He was waiting for it.
And Jimenez, it is, who picks him out.
Whips the cross in.
Well, Sascha Lukic attacking it.
He's headed it just wide.
He timed his run into the box well.
He's only got two goals this season, both headers,
both against Newcastle.
Funnily enough, one in the league and one in the Carabao Cup.
But similar there, Jamie.
Timed his run well into the box,
but just the flight of the ball
and the shape of his body,
he just couldn't keep it on target this time.
Here come West Ham down the right-hand side.
Again, the ball's not great,
but it's into the box.
Jarrah Bowen, was it?
Somebody's pushed it wide at this near post.
You'd expect Jarrah Bowen to put that in the net,
but was there an offside?
It was a real talking point here between Anderson
and the referee.
Just looking.
Callum Wilson went to ground.
There was no challenge there,
and he's got a bit of previous for that against us as well.
As I say, I was going to be critical of Jamie
for pushing that out into the danger area,
the initial one,
but it came at him at such pace,
I think, to be fair,
fizzed across the face of goal.
And now Packer Tarp looking to pick out Callum Wilson.
He's got a round.
Jorge Cuenca up to the edge in a penalty area.
Oh, and he got the shot.
90% right, but thankfully from our point of view,
no more than that,
and it went wide in the near post as we looked,
and then those right-hand posts,
but he turned in between Anderson and Cuenca.
And that's the danger for me, Jamie,
when you've got a proper centre-forward.
He just flicked it past Jorge Cuenca,
who tried to grab him.
They did enough, the pair of them,
to put him under pressure,
and he dragged the shot off target,
but Suchek and Erthy are ready to come on to West Ham
as Tettey gets the cross in.
Here's Josh King inside the penalty area,
left-hand side.
Goes for the byline, whips it across.
Oh, I don't know if the keeper got a touch.
It's not gone in.
Kenny Tettey with a shot.
It's blocked.
Comes back to Josh King.
They're appealing for offside.
Play goes on.
The shot wide at a far post as we look,
and then the flag goes up.
See, why let players continue like that?
West Ham players flinging themselves left, right and centre
to try and make the block.
He's offside, he's offside.
He's added something, though, hasn't he, Josh?
He has done, yeah.
Here comes a double substitution for both sides.
You would think Emil will go, and Kenny.
He's a junior at Fulham, of course,
but I don't think he hasn't been bad today.
No, no, he's been solid enough.
Here comes Joachim Andersen,
slides it through for Harry Wilson,
right-hand side of the penalty area.
Pulls it back.
He's headed away.
Fernandes, of all people, and then in return.
Yes!
Raul Jimenez with a header.
1-0.
85 minutes on the clock.
I said before the game,
it's the side he scored his most Premier League goals against,
I think West Ham.
He had two for Fulham already.
He's made it three.
Seven in total.
And that's a killer,
as West Ham players sat on the ground in despair.
Younger, Olly Scoles in particular,
with his head in his hands,
he's allowed Harry Wilson to get the run of him.
He missed his clearance, Jim.
Yes, he did.
It came back to him,
and he had the chance to clear it,
and he didn't.
And then Harry got the second opportunity
to ping it across the box.
And again, beautifully weighted, Jamie,
onto Jimenez's head.
It was like the cross to Calvin Bassi
that we saw away from home previously
when Harry Wilson looks up,
and he's quick enough,
and he's talented enough,
and he's got the technique
to weight those passes perfectly.
They're side-footed, floated balls,
and you would think,
in most circumstances,
is that enough?
That's not enough on that cross,
but he's dropped it right onto Jimenez's head,
and I'm delighted for Raul.
He's worked his socks off once again.
