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In the only English Premier League match on Monday, West Ham faced Fulham in the London derby. Celebrating victory with a score of 2-1 after two great goals, the West Ham players played at home.
2 - 1
17` [1 - 0] Anton Ferdinand
28` [2 - 0] Yossi Benayoun
52` [2 - 1] Heidar Helguson
The first goal for West Ham was scored quite unexpectedly by Rio Ferdinand's younger brother Anton, the hero of the weekend match between Man Utd and Liverpool - the visitor's goalkeeper Antti Niemi failed to deal with a corner kick, and when Marlon Harewood deflected the ball towards the penalty area, A.Ferdinand, who had run forward from defense, accurately sent the ball into the goal with one touch.
Later, Fulham failed to take advantage of a couple of opportunities to equalize the score, and the hosts' lead was doubled by Yossi Benayoun, who broke through several opponents and elegantly beat the visiting goalkeeper.
Although the score was softened at the beginning of the second half by the Icelander H.Helguson, Fulham's team was unable to avoid defeat - West Ham ended a four-game losing streak at their home ground and climbed to 9th position in the league table.
