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West Ham boss David Moyes admits relief after victory over Fulham

West Ham boss David Moyes admitted relief after their 1-0 win against Fulham.

Fulham attacker Ademola Lookman missed a Panenka-style penalty with the last kick of the game, with the Hammers having gone ahead in injury-time through Tomas Soucek.

Moyes said, "I thought it would end in a draw so mixed emotions but I'm delighted for the players to get the points. I was furious with the way we played after we scored the goal. We had to manage the game better and we didn't do which led to a penalty kick, which was disappointing.

"I didn't think we played as well as we have played but maybe if we got a goal [earlier] it would have freed us up a bit. The last 20 minutes we dominated the ball and were trying to find a way through and fortunately we did."

On his side's goal not being ruled out for offside, Moyes also remarked: "I'm not convinced, on another day that should be offside. I think the offside rule is personally one of the most difficult. The linesmen don't flag and allow people to continue and you don't know if they're offside.

"It's a great three points for us, the games we've played and work we've put in - its important to us to finish before the international break strongly and I think we have done."

"Let's hope this is not the flaky West Ham of old. It's a team with more resilience. We stuck at it tonight and got the result. We were given a task to win in a different way, we tried but didn't pass or cross the ball well enough, our build-up was slower than we would have liked and they're all things we have to improve."

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