LONDON (Reuters) -West Ham United rode their luck to beat charitable London rivals Fulham 3-2 at the London Stadium in new manager Graham Potter's first Premier League match in charge on Tuesday. A fluent Fulham side dominated the derby but failed to take their chances and gifted the hosts two goals,

West Ham rode their luck, with Fulham outshooting West Ham 21-4, but Potter will be delighted with the result. WATCH — Full match replayCarlos Soler and Tomas Soucek put West Ham 2-0 up in the first half as Fulham were guilty of missing some big chances and making some big mistakes at the back too.

Sometimes you just have to write matches off as a game to forget. This feels like one of them for Fulham. They dominated the early exchanges and hit the bar through Harry Wilson, before going 2-0 down. One of those come via a terrible loose pass from Andreas Pereira and Bernd Leno also made a mistake for the goal that made it 3-1 to West Ham.