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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 20035895" data-attributes="member: 158020">West Ham 3-1 Watford: Noble's penalty double keeps Hammers in the hunt for Europe<img src="http://static.goal.com/3039800/3039812_heroa.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />West Ham maintained their push for European qualification and set a club record as they avoided defeat for the 15th home game in a row, beating Watford 3-1.Andy Carroll set the hosts on their way in the early stages with a neat volley past Heurelho Gomes but the Hornets' propensity for conceding penalties continued as the game got away from them.Mark Noble scored two of them, the first after a foul on Diafra Sakho by Jose Holebas just before half-time and the second a calamitous foul by Almen Abdi not long after the break, Gomes unable to pull off the heroic saves of the visitors' last game.Though Sebastian Prodl got one back for Quique Sanchez Flores's side by volleying home after a free kick, Watford could not muster the huge comeback required and even saw Troy Deeney have a stoppage-time penalty saved by Adrian for good measure.Watford face Crystal Palace in their FA Cup semi-final on Sunday and Flores made seven changes in anticipation of that but the hosts took full advantage and Nordin Amrabat ruled himself out of the Wembley game thanks to a second yellow card at the death.Dimitri Payet's set-piece delivery gave Gomes a bit of early work to do but the keeper's next task was to pick the ball out of the net. It was Payet who cut in off the left and swung in a ball for the in-form Carroll to steer a measured first-time finish beyond the Brazilian, who might have been quicker off his line.Jose Manuel Jurado sought a swift response and forced Adrian into his first save of the match in the 17th minute, the Hammers goalkeeper parrying his compatriot's stinging strike.The irrepressible Payet then curled a dangerous effort narrowly over the crossbar and Sakho's low drive brought a smart stop from Gomes as the hosts continued to enjoy the better of the contest.A second goal arrived on the stroke of half-time when Cheikhou Kouyate was fouled by the out-of-sorts Jose Holebas and Noble did what vexed West Brom striker Saido Berahino could not by beating Gomes from the spot.Manuel Lanzini had a glorious opportunity to add another just a minute later but skewed his shot wide from inside the box, while Sakho was similarly wasteful a matter of seconds into the second half.Abdi endured a dreadful 60 seconds as first he diverted Jurado's teasing cross over the target and then fouled Michail Antonio in the area, allowing Noble to convert the penalty straight down the middle.Prodl's stunning half-volleyed finish did give the visiting fans some cause for celebration in the 64th minute but hopes of a dramatic revival ahead of Watford's first FA Cup semi-final since 2007 were scuppered when Adrian brilliantly kept out substitute Deeney's penalty, with Amrabat getting a second yellow soon after.</blockquote>

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