Bassey and Iwobi's Fulham drop points against West Ham despite impressive performance

Alex Iwobi and Calvin Bassey returned to the side after an impressive outing with the Super Eagles under interim coach Austin Eguavoen during the international break.

The duo helped their national team defeat the Benin Republic 3-0 and played a goalless draw against Rwanda.

The Super Eagles stars displayed a solid performance but was not enough to help Fulham seal victory against West Ham.

Marco Silva made two changes to the Fulham side, who drew 1-1 with Ipswich before the international break.

Joachim Andersen came into the defence for Issa Diop, Raul Jimenez started in place of Rodrigo Muniz and Iwobi paired Emile Smith Rowe in midfield.

West Ham have made just one change to the side who were beaten 3-1 by Manchester City at home two weeks ago.

Brazilian midfielder Lucas Paqueta was dropped to the bench, with Tomas Soucek starting in his place.

Fulham started the game brightly and did not take long before putting the ball into the back of the net.

Emile Smith Rowe chased a ball over the top, beating West Ham’s offside trap before teeing up the fast-arriving Raul Jimenez, who slotted the ball home.

The home side took their 1-0 lead into the half-time break, and Silva will be pleased with his team's first-half performance. 

Fulham continued from where they stopped in the first half, creating a lot of chances but also being wasteful.

The away side were not impressive in the game and allowed Fulham to dominate them all through the game.

Marco Silva's side continued putting pressure on West Ham's defence but have found it hard to get the second goal.

West Ham have barely looked like scoring all day, but a quick throw-in caught Fulham out, with Jarrod Bowen finding Danny Ings in the middle to score the equaliser.

The away side's late equaliser ends the game for Fulham in a 1-1 draw, with Silva's side failing to win back-to-back games.