The odds of West Ham being dragged into a relegation battle may have seemed slim at the start of the season but, after a wonderful piece of individual skill from Jordan Ayew, which helped Crystal Palace do the double over their
London rivals, suddenly that is a very real prospect.
Having taken the lead through Robert Snodgrass against the run of play at the start of the second half, Manuel Pellegrini may have felt his luck was turning. But an equaliser from Cheikhou Kouyaté and, for the second time this season against these opponents, Ayew’s brilliant winner that was reminiscent of his father, the former Marseille and Ghana playmaker, Abedi Pele, leaves West Ham one point and one place clear of trouble before Leicester’s visit to the London Stadium on Saturday.