West Ham United vs Crystal Palace LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as West Ham United face Crystal Palace in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.
It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
Eze gets the ball around the box and looks for Olise who is running beyond him. He then flicks it towards Zaha, but the forward gets it stuck under his feet. West Ham defenders crowd around him, hacking the ball away.
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
Rice curls a deep free-kick towards Dawson with the defender heading it well over the bar.
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
Mitchell enters the West Ham box and goes past Kehrer. However, the German recovers well, winning back possession of the ball.
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
Eze plays the ball down the left to Zaha. Palace's star player then looks to pull it across to Schlupp but his pass is weak. Scamacca races back to intercept the ball, receiving a loud cheer from the home crowd.
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
Rice is down after Doucoure slides into him. Stretching his right leg a couple of times, the West Ham captain is now back to his feet.
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
Doucoure has a chance to shoot after receiving the ball from Olise but his tame effort is saved by Fabianski.
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
There has been no immediate reaction from Palace after conceding. The ball has been trapped in the middle third with West Ham holding a defensive shape.
West Ham United vs Crystal Palace
Despite being in the lead, West Ham still have a lot to do. No team has won more Premier League games after conceding the first goal than Palace this season, with the Eagles winning three of their five games when doing so (L2).
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