Most of West Ham's threats were inspired by Julien Faubert on the right, with Cole usually his intended target.

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Faubert took me up the hill to the house of my friend Gary, an expat American who had married a Haitian woman 20 years before.

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The Hammers cranked up the pressure and Mark Noble was unlucky to see his clever one-two with Faubert fizzle out as he put his shot wide.

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Cole conjured another chance, meeting Julien Faubert's cross in the air and firing the ball towards the goal, only for it to clip over the bar.

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They went in front within five minutes of the restart when Dawson floated a corner over and Turner climbed above Julien Faubert to power a header in.

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The home supporters then thought they should have had a penalty when Stoke defender Ryan Shawcross tangled with Julien Faubert in the box, but referee Howard Webb decided the English defender had timed his tackle well.

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