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Hull holds West Ham, Deportivo edges Eibar

HULL duo Abel Hernandez and Mohamed Diame scored on their debuts but West Ham equalized through an own goal by Curties Davies to secure a 2-2 draw in the Premier League.

Hull led twice on Monday after the club’s record signing Hernandez scored with an impeccable header and Diame restored the advantage against the side he left on transfer deadline day.

In between, Enner Valencia marked his first league start with a spectacular strike from 25 yards and the draw was settled when Diafra Sakho’s modest shot evaded goalkeeper Allan McGregor, only for Davies to bundle over his own line.

Valencia almost won it in added time when his header rebounded off Dawson’s shoulder and rattled the crossbar.

Hull has five points from four games, with West Ham a point behind.

In Spain, Deportivo La Coruna scored early and hung on for a 1-0 win at Eibar, earning the promoted side its first victory of the Spanish league season.

Midfielder Juan Rodriguez scored what proved to be Deportivo’s winner in the 13th minute when a poor clearance by Eibar defender Eneko Boveda fell to him in the area.

After three rounds, Barcelona leads the league with Valencia, Sevilla and defending champion Atletico Madrid all two points behind. Real Madrid trails Barcelona by six points along with Eibar in the bottom half of the table.

In Italy, Hellas Verona capitalized on a defensive error to beat newly promoted Palermo 2-1 and pick up its first win of the Serie A season.

Palermo took the lead in the 18th minute and Verona leveled shortly before halftime with Luca Toni scoring from the spot. Juanito Gomez then grabbed the winner for Verona.




 

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