Three-sy does it for Hammers

Valon Behrami
12 April 2012

Goals from Valon Behrami, Carlton Cole and Julien Faubert gave West Ham a 3-0 win over a nine-man Hull side in real trouble at the foot of the table.

West Ham, who climbed to 13th place in the table, were given a dream start by Behrami who combined with Guillermo Franco to fire past Boaz Myhill. Myhill then kept West Ham at bay until Cole got on the end of Faubert's pass to slide an angled drive under Myhill and give the Hammers their first back-to-back league victories since March 2009.

Hull had Craig Fagan sent off for two bookable offences and had Anthony Gardner stretchered off with a late ankle injury before Faubert sealed the win.

Behrami put the Hammers ahead in just the third minute and Hull then had Myhill to thank 20 minutes later when Andy Dawson lost possession to Behrami but the goalkeeper punched his fierce volley to safety.

Myhill pulled off another sensational save in the 27th minute when Alessandro Diamanti's cross was met by Behrami at the far post.

Hull's plight got worse in the 52nd minute when Fagan collected a second yellow card for a foul on Diamanti and was sent off.

West Ham went 2-0 in front in the 59th minute when Faubert's through-ball put Cole in the clear and the England international ran on to slot an angled shot under Myhill.

Franco almost made it three for West Ham with an audacious shot from the halfway line.

Hull went down to nine men with 10 minutes remaining when Gardner was stretchered off with an ankle injury after City had already used their substitutes.

West Ham made it three in the final minute when Faubert fired beyond Myhill.

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