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West Ham survived a late fightback to defeat Crystal Palace 3-2 in a five-goal London derby thriller at Selhurst Park.
The Eagles started on the front-foot and struck the woodwork inside the opening minute when Jeffrey Schlupp fired at goal.
But it was the Hammers who took the lead on 22 minutes, with Michail Antonio getting on the end of a superb Said Benrahma cross to finish from close-range.
And David Moyes’ side doubled their lead just three minutes later, as Manuel Lanzini produced an impressive finish to beat Vicente Guaita in the Palace goal.
Lanzini had a second on the stroke of half time when he dispatched from the penalty spot after Palace captain Luka Milivojevic was deemed to have handled the ball in the area.
The hosts were the brighter of the two sides in the second half and pulled a goal pack in the 83rd minute when Odsonne Edouard finished from a Michael Olise cross.
Olise gave the Hammers a late scare when curling in a free-kick in stoppage-time, but an equaliser eluded the Eagles as West Ham moved to just a point off Arsenal in fourth.
More to follow.
Did you know?
Moyes has won all six of his away league matches against Crystal Palace as a manager, defeating a different counterpart on each occasion (Alan Smith, Iain Dowie, Tony Pulis, Sam Allardyce, Roy Hodgson and Patrick Vieira).
The Hammers have won five of their last eight away league matches against Crystal Palace.
Crystal Palace have lost a home league match on New Year’s Day for the first time in their history.
Lanzini has scored 25 goals in total in the Premier League, with 52 percent of them coming in London derby matches (13).
Antonio and Benrahma have combined for five goals in the Premier League this season, the most of any duo.
Aged 22 years and 352 days, Declan Rice is the 14th youngest player in Premier League history to reach 150 appearances in the competition.
Olise has been directly involved in five Premier League goals this season as a substitute, the most of any player.
