Alessandro Diamanti dazzles in destruction of Hull City as West Ham United win again

By Ben Findon Published: 7:00AM GMT twenty-two February 2010

Previous of Images Next Double delight: Julien Faubert (left) and Carlton Cole, both goalscorers for West Ham United on Saturday, applaud going 2-0 up opposite Hull City at Upton Park Photo: ACTION IMAGES All smiles: Valon Behrami reels afar after scoring West Ham"s opener Photo: REUTERS

Boaz Myhill, the Hull City goalkeeper, back-pedalled frantically to scratch the round afar from the net. Upton Park rose in high regard of their new Italian genius.

Diamanti was not to get on the scoresheet, even with his impulse of impulse twenty mins from time, but he is apropos a barometer of West Ham Uniteds rising fortunes.

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"He is probably the usually one funny sufficient to try and measure from his own half," pronounced West Ham physical education instructor Gianfranco Zola. "I keep personification him all the time since I know he can do something special for us at any moment."

Hulls gameplan had been to frustrate. The plan hold great for less than 3 minutes, the time it took for Valon Behrami to slip West Ham ahead. Carlton Cole and Julien Faubert serve underlined West Hams supremacy, completing a run of 4 home matches from that they have taken 10 points and not let in a goal. West Ham revisit Manchester United tomorrow but Premier League presence will be positive if that home form holds.

Hull physical education instructor Phil Brown bemoaned "self-inflicted" damage, that enclosed Craig Fagans 53rd-minute exclusion for a second yellow card. The visitors accomplished with 9 men after Anthony Gardner was carried off with a leg damage late on.