There was a time when Lucas Paqueta would only fleetingly show the offensive traits that made him a valuable asset to West Ham United. But two games into the Graham Potter era and those redeeming features are now the norm rather than an exception.

Graham Potter worked his magic as West Ham beat Fulham 3-2 in his first home game in charge. Goals from Carlos Soler, Tomas Soucek and Lucas Paqueta secured a first Premier League victory for Potter, who took over from the sacked Julen Lopetegui last week.

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Match report as Fulham are the architects of their own downfall in Graham Potters first Premier League game as West Ham manager; mistakes from Andreas Pereira and Bernd Leno are pounced on by Carlos Soler and Lucas Paqueta,

West Ham have been a bit of a mess this season and Graham Potter has a fair bit of work to do. Some of the results have been OK but others have been catastrophic. They have the players to do so, but there has been no confidence or belief,

That use of the old switcheroo dumbfounded Villa, who finally wrestled a foothold in the game after 15 minutes following a start to the game that was such a purple patch for West Ham that no one could earnestly have claimed they did not merit the ninth-minute lead Paqueta so nonchalantly gave them.