West Ham 3 Hull City 0 player ratings: Andy Carroll? Stewart Downing? Who was the star man at Upton Park?

Who was the man of the match?

Sam Dymond
Sunday 18 January 2015 13:06 EST
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Andy Carroll scores West Ham's first
Andy Carroll scores West Ham's first

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European hopefuls West Ham United moved closer to the Champions League places on Sunday with a 3-0 victory over relegation-threatened Hull City at Upton Park.

The result sent the Hammers up to seventh with 36 points from 22 games, just four behind fourth-placed Manchester United.

After the visitors had battled manfully in the opening period, in-form Andy Carroll opened the scoring for West Ham with a simple finish in the 49th minute.

But who was the man of the match? Click through our ratings gallery below...

Substitute Morgan Amalfitano and the impressive Stuart Downing then applied neat finishes within three minutes of each other as West Ham reignited their top-four challenge with a first league victory since 20 December.

West Ham have more points at this stage of a Premier League campaign than ever before while Hull are 18th, level with Queens Park Rangers and just two points above bottom-of-the-table Leicester City.

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