West Ham captain Matthew Upson described his side's come-from-behind-win in their Boxing Day derby at Fulham as a "major boost".
Aaron Hughes put Fulham ahead early on but goals from Carlton Cole and Frederic Piquionne put the Hammers ahead at the break, before Cole finished off the scoring midway through the second half.
Three points took them, temporarily at least, off the bottom of the table and Upson told Sky Sports 1: "It's a major boost. It was a massive day for us today, the whole occasion. We needed to get three points.
"It started off poor. We conceded a poor goal. Through a bit of good fortune we got back in. It looked like we could score goals. It was great to see us in that kind of form.
"We've been waiting since the first game of last season to get an away win."
