West Ham's European Hopes Dashed with Home Defeat by Fulham

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West Ham's chances of qualifying for European competitions took a hit with a 2-0 home defeat against Fulham. This comes just days after their loss to Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League quarter-final. Fulham's Andreas Pereira scored two goals to secure the victory for his team. The defeat also prevented West Ham from climbing up to sixth place in the Premier League.

’s European hopes suffered a second blow in the space of four days after a meek 2-0 home defeat by Fulham .

It was the first time the Cottagers had won away to West Ham since 2001 and having dominated the reverse fixture 5-0 in December, they completed a league double over their London rivals for the first time since 1966.Adam Idah on target as Celtic secure comfortable win over St Mirren Mohammed Kudus then curled wide narrowly wide before the lively Paqueta, who is suspended against Leverkusen on Thursday night, hit the side-netting.

The Brazilian had the simple task of knocking the ball past Hammers keeper Lukasz Fabianski and finishing into an empty net.

West Ham European Hopes Defeat Fulham Premier League Europa League Bayer Leverkusen Andreas Pereira

 

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