Sparkling gem Diamanti delights Zola

WEST HAM boss Gianfranco Zola believes he has unearthed a real gem in Alessandro Diamanti after another sparkling performance by the Italian in their 3-0 demolition of relegation rivals Hull at Upton Park.

Goals from Valon Behrami, Carlton Cole and Julien Faubert secured a comfortable win over nine-man City.

The victory was helped by the dismissal of Hull’s Craig Fagan in the second-half and, after the visitors had used all three of their substitutes, the loss of City’s captain Anthony Gardner with a serious leg injury.