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On Sunday, the second day of Christmas, in the first round of the XIX round of the English Premier League, London's West Ham footballers won a victory in the capital derby by beating Fulham 3-1.
For the "Hammers", this was their first away win after 27 consecutive failures.
Forward Carlton Cole scored two goals for the winners, Frederic Piquionne scored once. Aaron Hughes briefly led the hosts in the first half.
The championship-leading Manchester teams - "Man Utd" beat "Sunderland" 2-0 in front of their home fans, and "Man City" exceeded "Newcastle" 3-1 away, both earning three points on their tournament table.
In another intriguing duel between Birmingham's Aston Villa and London's Tottenham, the visitors triumphed with a score of 2-1.
It is worth noting that Harry Redknapp's proteges were led to victory by Dutch national team defender Rafael van der Vaart, who had just recovered from injury.
Results:
London Fulham 1 - 3 London West Ham 11' [1 - 0] A. Hughes 37' [1 - 1] C. Cole 45' [1 - 2] F. Piquionne 73' [1 - 3] C. Cole
Blackburn 0 - 2 Stoke 51' [0 - 1] R. Huth 90' [0 - 2] M. Wilson
Bolton 2 - 0 W.B.A. 40' [1 - 0] M. Taylor 86' [2 - 0] J. Elmander
Man Utd 2 - 0 Sunderland 5' [1 - 0] D. Berbatov 57' [2 - 0] D. Berbatov
Newcastle 1 - 3 Man City 2' [0 - 1] G. Barry 5' [0 - 2] C. Tevez 72' [1 - 2] A. Carroll 81' [1 - 3] C. Tevez
Wolves 1 - 2 Wigan 9' [0 - 1] H. Rodallega 20' [0 - 2] T. Cleverley 87' [1 - 2] S. Fletcher
Aston Villa 1 - 2 Tottenham 23' [0 - 1] R.v.d. Vaart 67' [0 - 2] R.v.d. Vaart 82' [1 - 2] M. Albrighton
J. Defoe ("Tottenham") was removed from the field in the 28th minute.
