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West Ham claim Peterborough United win

9:19pm Saturday 24th September 2011 in Sport By Simon Mail

West Ham climbed up to fourth in the Championship after a 1-0 win over Peterborough United at Upton Park.

The Hammers won the game after Mark Noble netted an 11th minute penalty.

The result extends the Irons' unbeaten run in the league to seven games and they are only two points behind leaders Southampton.

Hammers boss Sam Allardyce told the club website: "We're obviously delighted we've got three very valuable points but the only disappointment is the fact that our approach play and opportunities to get more goals failed us today.

"We've had to rely on a penalty to win the game today, so that's the only disappointing thing for me because everything else went according to plan.

"We limited the opposition's opportunities to score and then broke off them to use the space to expose them, but we couldn't get any more goals. We always looked comfortable, there were some good moves, there was some good creative play."

The Hammers are back in action at home on Tuesday night when they host Ipswich Town.