Fulham 3 West Ham United 1: match report The Berbatov show also included one outrageous volleyed pass, which drew gasps from the Craven Cottage faithful, and a gorgeous pirouette, a 20-yard run and a drive that went narrowly wide. Sam Allardyce fired up his West Ham side at half-time and Kevin Nolan took less than three minutes to exploit more poor set-piece defending after the restart. But the visitors were not to be outdone when it came to calamitous defending and Fulham were immediately back in front, Hugo Rodallega outmuscling three clueless opponents to bundle in Duff's cross. McDonald said: "We're disappointed that we let the cross come in and we're disappointed that we didn't then deal with the cross." Berbatov's final flourish was another close attempt before he tweaked his left hamstring, his substitution coinciding with West Ham striker Andy Carroll's first appearance for two months. Croatian Mladen Petric boosted his claim to deputise for Berbatov after replacing the Bulgarian, his follow-up from Rodallega's parried shot hitting a post before deflecting in off Joey O'Brien. "Vital, vital win for us," said Jol after his side moved eight points clear of the drop zone. As for Berbatov's birthday goal, he added: "Good, eh? If we win, they always say that Berbatov was good. And if we don't win, then Berbatov wasn't. Fulham (4-2-3-1): Schwarzer; Riether, Senderos, Hangeland, Riise; Sidwell, Karagounis (Baird 66); Ruiz (Dejagah 66), Berbatov (Petric, 75), Duff; Rodallega. Subs: Etheridge, Frimpong, Hughes, Davies. Booked: Sidwell, Riether. Goals: Berbatov (10), Rodallega (49), O'Brien (og, 90). West Ham (4-1-4-1): Jaaskelainen; Demel (Taylor 67), Tomkins, Reid, O'Brien; Noble; J Cole (Carroll 76), Diame, Nolan, Jarvis; Chamakh (C Cole 56). Subs: Henderson, Vaz Te, Pogatetz, O'Neil. Goal: Nolan (48).