Allardyce happy to get spots of good fortune

WEST HAM manager Sam Allardyce was happy to be on the right end of two debatable decisions as his side moved three points clear at the top of the npower Championship with a 2-1 win over Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

Referee Tony Bates harshly adjudged Guy Moussi to have handled a Jack Collison cross from point-blank range in first-half stoppage time, and then penalised Chris Gunter for handball after an hour.

Mark Noble scored from the spot both times and Lewis McGugan’s injury-time strike was too little, too late for Forest, who remain in the bottom three.