Two second-half goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta, a long-range strike and a late penalty, secured a deserved 2-0 win for the Eagles.

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There will be no more bubbles blown for Julen Lopetegui at West Ham, who fired the Spanish coach on Wednesday and announced Graham Potter as his replacement. Potter has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract and was unveiled as the club’s new manager at a press conference on Thursday.

The new head coach has a tough run of games in the capital to start his tenure and both he, and his team, have struggled in these fixtures

This was a West Ham performance “of high effort”, Potter added. Accomplished performances more closely following the Potter playbook will no doubt come in time, but success in his first home game in charge was always going to be chiefly measured by the scoreline.

West Ham United are eyeing Fulham striker Rodrigo Muniz to bolster Graham Potter’s frontline in January, ExWHUEmployee has claimed. The Hammers are said to be long-term admirers of the Brazilian forward,