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Sam Allardyce wants better finishing from his West Ham side

West Ham boss Sam Allardyce encouraged his side to take their chances after a nervy 1-0 win over 10-man Burnley on Saturday.

Michael Duff's controversial sending off and Mark Noble's resulting penalty earned the Hammers victory at Upton Park.

West Ham might be safe in mid-table but Allardyce's side had scored only three goals in their previous seven games and against Burnley they failed to make their numerical advantage pay -- having to settle for a single goal as their fans endured a tense finish to the game.

Referee Jonathan Moss dismissed Duff for clipping Cheikhou Kouyate in the box, with Noble converting the spot kick for Sam Allardyce's side to score their first penalty of the season.

Allardyce, who admitted the sending off was "unfortunate" said: "The penalty, there's no doubt. It was very important because we didn't score any more goals. We should've scored more, we didn't and we won 1-0.

"Our only weakness today was not converting more chances.

"Because we didn't get that goal at the end, or in the middle of the second half, to make it 2-0 you all get a little nervous based on what's happened to us recently.

"We saw it out today, so we've done everything right.

"That clean sheet has been the key factor in the last two games to get us back on winning ways."

Information from Press Association was used in this report.

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