The Hammers enjoyed some comfortable early possession in midfield but posed little direct threat and the kind of cunning invention typified by their manager Gianfranco Zola as a player.

BBC: Yossi Benayoun

Some of those involved were armed with knives and hammers.

BBC: Waterworks Park

On his instructions, Steinway's chief technician shaved the piano's hammers so they would be even lighter, and rearranged some parts so that a single note could be repeated in an almost machine-gun-like fashion.

WSJ: When Two Makes Perfect | By Byron Janis

The club say the 31-year-old Hammers captain is still being assessed and there is a possibility he could return at some stage next month.

BBC: Robbie Keane to be sidelined at West Ham for month

The Hammers' reward for a battling defensive performance was a first victory in eight games to ease some of the pressure on manager Gianfranco Zola.

BBC: Sunderland 0-1 West Ham