It was so nearly a marvellous comeback, with Selhurst Park’s Holmesdale Road Stand doing their best to suck Jean-Philippe Mateta’s stoppage-time scissor kick into the net and spark pandemonium.
In the end it wasn’t to be as Crystal Palace failed in their late charge to rescue a point. West Ham manager David Moyes admitted the result was better than the performance and he was right. His team didn’t play that well but took a 3-0 lead by half-time and then held on to win 3-2.
It lifted them to fifth in the Premier League and they’re looking up, not down.