Turner sends Hull up to third

Following stunning wins at Arsenal and Tottenham, the Lewisham-born Turner struck to sink Gianfranco Zola's ailing West Ham 1-0 and send the Tigers roaring back up to third place.

Confidence oozing from every pore, the home side deserved their latest win for their attacking intent and Phil Brown's men looked dangerous on the counter-attack right up to the final whistle.

The optimism and belief surging through the home side is in stark contrast to the Hammers, who were left to rue two Carlton Cole misses but summoned little by way of their quest for an equaliser.

Cole hit a simple first-half effort straight at Hull goalkeeper Boaz Myhill when he should have scored, then scythed an even better chance against the underside of the bar moments after the restart from Turner's goal.

The opener almost came from the fit-again Craig Bellamy, who blazed high and wide from a tight angle after Cole's clever knock-down in first-half injury time.

But in the end it came for the home side six minutes into the second half, when Turner outjumped Matthew Upson to head home the impressive Andy Dawson's corner from the right.

The Hammers had a golden chance to equalise two minutes later when Valon Behrami got round the back of the Hull defence and set up Cole on the edge of the six-yard box, but the striker's shot cannoned back off the underside of the bar.

Zola's men were left looking short of ideas and summoned little by way of threat in the closing stages, with the home side hanging on with ease to claim their fifth top flight victory.