West Ham United 2 – 2 Fulham – 04Oct09
West Ham United were thankful for a late Junior Stanislas strike to seal a 2-2 draw as gallant Fulham rallied from conceding an early goal to nearly pull off an upset with 10 men at Upton Park.
Stanislas, who came off the bench just after the hour mark with West Ham 2-1 down, struck deep into stoppage time when his shot deflected in off Aaron Hughes.
The visitors, who had South African midfielder Kagisho Digikao sent off on his full debut after an altercation with Scott Parker, had recovered from conceding an 16th minute Carlton Cole goal to take an unlikely lead by the 57th minute.
Danny Murphy got Fulham back on level terms from the penalty spot after Diomansy Kamara was hauled down in the box by Matthew Upson just after halftime before Zoltan Gera struck with a beautiful volley.