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Fulham's Ademola Lookman missed a Panenka-style penalty with the last kick of

the game as West Ham clinched a dramatic victory with an injury-time winner of
their own.

The game had looked on course to end goalless before Tomas Soucek drove home
from substitute Said Benrahma's pass inside the box in the first minute of injury time.

But Fulham were awarded a 95th-minute penalty when Benrahma caught Tom Cairney
and, after a check by the video assistant referee, the spot-kick was awarded.

Aleksandar Mitrovic had missed his previous penalty so Lookman stepped up but his
chipped effort lacked any sort of power, leaving Lukasz Fabianski waiting to make an
ultimately comfortable catch.

 'You can't take a penalty like that' - Parker angry with Lookman

Lookman, who has been one of Fulham's better players so far this season,
understandably looked devastated when the referee blew for full-time as the chance of
what would have been a well-earned point slipped away.

Fulham goalkeeper Alphonse Areola had made a number of excellent saves to deny
West Ham and put the visitors within minutes of a second successive clean sheet after
claiming their first win of the season against West Brom last time out.

Areola, who is on loan from Paris St-Germain, kept out Arthur Masuaku, Aaron
Cresswell and Jarrod Bowen inside the first 10 minutes and also pushed Cresswell's
free-kick onto the bar early in the second half.

Fulham finished strongly and had good chances to take all three points themselves as
Lookman and Bobby Decordova-Reid both drew saves out of Fabianski.

But just as they looked to leave West Ham with a point, Soucek's late winner and
Lookman's poor penalty ensured it was the hosts who claimed their third win of the
season.

Should the West Ham goal have stood?

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