Fulham shock Leicester to escape relegation zone, West Ham go fifth
Fulham climbed out of your Premier Little league relegation zone on Mon after finally solving their penalty woes found in a shock 2-1 win at Leicester, while West Ham rode their good fortune to go into fifth place with a good dramatic 2-1 victory against Aston Villa.
Scott Parker's area won for the second amount of time in the league this season because of Ademola Lookman's 30th minute opener and Ivan Cavaleiro's penalty eight a few minutes later.
Fulham had missed 3 of their four previous penalties this term, but Cavaleiro held his nerve to convert from the spot for the key second goal.
Harvey Barnes scored for Leicester found in the 86th minute, but Fulham held on and approach one point above the bottom three.
"Cav slipped the other day and I'm not on Twitter or Instagram but I can only imagine that which was appearing explained, the jokes at his expenditure and Cav could have found that," Parker said of Cavaleiro's recent penalty miss against Everton.
"I thought to him: 'Are you prepared to have one if we obtain it?' He viewed me dead found in the attention and said: 'I'm all set'.
"The courage to intensify there are the things we need to have. There's no denying there's alleviation. I've spoken to them about not allowing defeats cripple us."
It had been an emotional achievement for the Cottagers, with Lookman celebrating his goal by displaying one of Papa Bouba Diop's Senegal t shirts after Fulham's ex - midfielder died aged 42 at the weekend.
"That was a decision we as a club built and the players were happy to conduct it. For someone to lose their lifestyle at a young age is tragic," Parker stated.
Leicester could have gone second with a win, but instead they remain fourth -- three points in back of leaders Tottenham -- after another successive league defeat.
- Watkins woe -
At the London Stadium, West Ham earned a third successive triumph after Villa striker Ollie Watkins missed a past due penalty and saw a stoppage-period equaliser disallowed by VAR.
West Ham got off to an ideal start in the next minute when Angelo Ogbonna made an astute set you back the far content and rose over Matt Targett to head a corner recent Emiliano Martinez.
Villa drew level found in the 25th minute when Jack Grealish ran in the West Ham defence before letting rip with a 20-yard get that took hook deflection coming past Lukasz Fabianski.
West Ham regained the business lead found in the 46th minute after an inspired substitution from David Moyes.
Moyes sent on Said Benrahma at half-time and with his first contact the winger chipped found in a cross to Jarrod Bowen, who glanced a deft header above Villa keeper Emiliano Martinez for his fourth aim of the season.
Villa winger Trezeguet won a good penalty in the 74th minute when Declan Rice tugged in his shirt to avoid him having a go.
Watkins has been around fine form this season, but he make it possible for West Ham off the hook as his penalty reach the bar.
There was more misfortune to come for Watkins in the ultimate occasions when he swept home from close-range, and then start to see the goal chalked away for the narrowest of offside decisions.
"We got fortunate that for some reason it had been offside. I think we can play much better, but I'm taking tonight's final result," Moyes said.
Disappointed Villa boss Dean Smith added: "We've missed a penalty and had a goal disallowed for a the main body system that can't put the ball on the net.
"The only cause Ollie Watkins' arm is out there is basically because he's fouled. He either ratings or it's a penalty."
Smith was first also angry that Grealish was called a cheat by among West Ham's backroom staff.
"Among their members of personnel called Jack Grealish a diver and a cheat. I spoke to David (Moyes) and he explained he'd cope with it," Smith said.
