Crystal Palace vs West Ham United LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Crystal Palace scored three rapid-fire goals in the first half and then held on to beat West Ham United 4-3 in a full-throttle thriller on Saturday, lifting them further away from the Premier League’s relegation zone.
Jordan Ayew, Wilfried Zaha and Jeffrey Schlupp netted for Roy Hodgson’s Eagles in a frenzied 15-minute stretch in the first half, and Eberechi Eze slotted a penalty past Hammers keeper Lukasz Fabianski in the second.
Tomas Soucek, Michail Antonio and Nayef Aguerd scored for David Moyes’ men in the battle of London rivals.
Technical trouble at the turnstiles caused a 15-minute delay to kick-off but the end-to-end action at a sun-drenched Selhurst Park was well worth the wait with five goals in the first half alone.
The win meant Palace leap-frogged Chelsea into 11th place in the table on 40 points after 34 games - two more than Chelsea have played. West Ham dropped to 15th, five points clear of the drop zone with five games remaining.
Crystal Palace vs West Ham United
CRYSTAL PALACE SUBS: Vicente Guaita, Jairo Riedewald, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Chris Richards, Luka Milivojevic, Odsonne Edouard, Albert Sambi Lokonga, James Tomkins, Will Hughes.
Crystal Palace vs West Ham United
CRYSTAL PALACE STARTING XI (4-3-3): Sam Johnstone; Joel Ward, Joachim Andersen, Marc Guehi, Tyrick Mitchell; Jeffrey Schlupp, Cheick Doucoure, Eberechi Eze; Michael Olise, Wilfried Zaha, Jordan Ayew.
Crystal Palace vs West Ham United
Both sides are still trying to confirm their Premier League safety for next season but suffered defeats in midweek to set them back. Palace lost their first game since Roy Hodgson's return on Tuesday, going down 2-0 at Wolves. They were unbeaten in their last four before that, winning three and drawing one, and getting back to winning ways will take them up to 40 points. As for West Ham, their 2-1 defeat to Liverpool on Wednesday means they stay just five points clear of the drop zone, and it ended a five-match unbeaten run in all competitions (W3 D2).
Crystal Palace vs West Ham United
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Crystal Palace vs West Ham United
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