Fulham manager Marco Silva was delighted by his side’s desire to fight for three points until the final moments at London Stadium.
Fulham’s meeting with West Ham United looked as though it was heading for a goalless draw until Harry Wilson capitalised on a defensive error to tee up Raúl Jiménez for the winner in the 85th minute.
“Very tight game, as we expected,” Silva said. “These type of games, they are not decisive, but they are always going to be very important for the home side to win this afternoon, but we showed our ambition.
“Both teams had chances, but what pleased me more really is the way in the last 20-25 minutes our team started to push a little bit more.
“You come to play away from home, and we saw our team on the ball, we saw our team trying to create chances on the ball, [and] you expose ourselves more.
“We knew it, they are going to be set up for some counter-attack moments, we expected that with [Jarrod] Bowen and [Lucas] Paqueta and [Crysencio] Summerville, before [Callum] Wilson came in.
“We have to be aware of that situation, and if you look for all the game, the chances that they create, or the dangerous moments they had, they came all from counter-attacks.
“In some moments, we should have squeezed more their frontline players to not let them have the chance, but it really pleased me how we pushed. Before [the goal], we had a great chance with Josh, one great chance with Raúl, too.
“Great assist, great goal from Raúl. Overall, the game coming for an end, looked like it is going to be a draw, but it pleased me the way the team showed ambition to push forward to try to win the game, and it’s very important for us.
“Premier League is very tough to win football matches, we knew the individual quality that is in the other side, players like Bowen, Paqueta, and Summerville or Wilson, the capacity they have to decide some times in games.
“We are very pleased. The third win in a row in Premier League – it’s always difficult to win and to achieve it, third in a row away from home as well. With the clean sheet, even better for us.
“I'm very pleased, the players deserve all the credit in this busy period with a lot of absences from our side, the way we have been able to win games recently and to climb the table.”