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West Ham halt Liverpool's unbeaten run under Dalglish

Carlton Cole's late third sealed victory for West Ham at Upton Park over Liverpool.
Carlton Cole's late third sealed victory for West Ham at Upton Park over Liverpool.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • West Ham move off the bottom of EPL with 3-1 home win over Liverpool
  • Big spending Manchester City draw 1-1 at home to Fulham
  • Managers Mark Hughes and Roberto Mancini have disagreement att final whistle
  • Bayer Leverksen stay second in Bundesliga after 2-2 draw at Werder Bremen

West Ham moved off the bottom of the English Premier League with a 3-1 win over Liverpool at Upton Park Sunday.

Liverpool had been unbeaten in eight under new manager Kenny Dalglish and harboring hopes of a late bid for a Champions League place but they were well beaten by the Hammers.

Goals from inspirational captain Scott Parker and new striker Demba Ba put the home side in command before a late Glen Johnson effort with six minutes remaining gave Liverpool late hope.

But Carlton Cole sealed victory with West Ham's third and they move level on points with Wolves but still in the relegation zone.

Scott (Parker) is a special guy. The spirit he showed was great
--Avram Grant
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Manager Avram Grant would have been pleased by the midfield axis of Parker and German international Thomas Hitzlsperger, but had particular praise for his skipper, who had been a big doubt before the match with injury.

"Scott is a special guy. The spirit he showed was great," he told Sky Sports.

"Three hours before the game, we thought there was no way he would play.

"It was a bad, bad injury. He couldn't walk or move his arms."

In Sunday's other match, Manchester City were held 1-1 by Fulham, a result which dents their title and Champions League qualification hopes.

Italian striker Mario Balotelli scored a superb opener for City on 26 minutes but the visitors leveled just after halftime as Andy Johnson crossed for Damien Duff to score.

In an otherwise drab affair, Carlos Tevez nearly scored a late winner for City but Fulham held on for a deserved draw.

At the final whistle, the Fulham manager Mark Hughes, controversially sacked last season by City, appeared to exchange angry words with his successor Roberto Mancini.

In the German Bundesliga, Bayer Leverkusen stayed second despite being held to a 2-2 draw at Werder Bremen.

Goals either side of half-time by Swiss striker Eren Derdiyok and midfielder Simon Rolfes put Leverkusen two up.

But Leverkusen's Stefan Kiessling turned the ball into his own net on 83 minutes before their Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal was shown a second yellow card to be given his marching orders.

Austria defender Sebastian Proedl scored Bremen's equalizer in injury time.

The result leaves Bayer 12 points adrift of runaway leaders Borussia Dortmund.