LONDON (AP) — West Ham celebrated a first away win since August in the English Premier League thanks to a Fulham own goal on Saturday.
The Hammers were thrashed by Newcastle 5-1 midweek but recovered to win 1-0 at Craven Cottage in a low-quality affair settled by Harrison Reed’s unfortunate first-half moment.
Not since a victory at Aston Villa in their second away game had the travelling West Ham fans been able to celebrate three points — although history was on their side here, having won more away fixtures against Fulham than any other league team.
Those supporters, though, still lambasted manager David Moyes with chants of “You don't know what you’re doing,” during the second half.
Victory lifted West Ham three points above the drop zone.
Fulham has lost four league games in a row as hopes of European qualification continue to drift.
Coach Marco Silva, watching from high up in Craven Cottage's new Riverside Stand after being hit with a two-game ban following his red card at Manchester United, will be concerned about the slide especially with talisman Aleksandar Mitrovic yet to serve six games of his eight-match ban from the same encounter.
The only goal of a tame London derby came when Reed turned a low Jarrod Bowen cross into his own goal at the midway point of the first half.
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