West Ham United 2-2 Crystal Palace: Conor Gallagher scores twice to secure point
Conor Gallagher scored the first goals of Patrick Vieira’s Crystal Palace reign as West Ham’s winning start to the season came to a frustrating end in a belting London derby.
The Hammers were on course to make it three wins out of three when Spaniard Pablo Fornals scored in the 39th minute after playing a slick one-two with forward Michail Antonio.
But Palace were much better after half-time and levelled when midfielder Gallagher, who is on a season-long loan from Chelsea, found the target..
In-form Antonio thought he had won it when he rifled past Vicente Guaita for his fourth goal of the campaign – and his 50th in the Premier League.
However, Gallagher’s clever turn and finish – after James McArthur’s pass – earned battling Palace their second point of the season
Earlier in the game, Palace defender Joel Ward was forced to make a dramatic clearance off his line at 0-0 after Vladimir Coufal’s free-kick almost led to an own goal.
Two points dropped for Hammers
West Ham are at the top of the table, level on points with Everton and boasting a superior goal difference as they head into the first international break of the season.
There was no repeat, however, of the rousing celebrations that greeted their first two wins of the season as they twice allowed the lead to slip against Palace.
David Moyes’ side have played with real purpose and style in the opening weeks of the season. And before the start of the new campaign the West Ham boss would have settled for seven points from the opening three games.
But this felt like two points dropped against a team that had failed to score in 270 minutes under their new boss.
It could have been worse as Palace finished the game strongly, with Marc Guehi wasting a glorious chance in stoppage time when he sent a free header over the bar.
By the time West Ham play their next game at Southampton on 11 September, Moyes could have added reinforcements.
Despite his side scoring 10 times in 270 minutes of football, there is room for improvement and the Scot will be keen to get some late business done before Tuesday’s transfer deadline.
More to follow.
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West Ham United
Starting XI
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Squad number1Player nameFabianski
Average rating6.29
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Squad number5Player nameCoufal
Average rating6.96
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Squad number15Player nameDawson
Average rating6.44
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Squad number21Player nameOgbonna
Average rating6.66
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Squad number3Player nameCresswell
Average rating6.78
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Squad number28Player nameSoucek
Average rating7.06
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Squad number41Player nameRice
Average rating7.14
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Squad number20Player nameBowen
Average rating6.98
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Squad number8Player nameFornals
Average rating7.26
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Squad number22Player nameBenrahma
Average rating7.61
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Squad number9Player nameAntonio
Average rating7.98
Substitutes
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Squad number7Player nameYarmolenko
Average rating5.21
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Squad number10Player nameLanzini
Average rating5.52
Crystal Palace
Starting XI
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Squad number13Player nameGuaita
Average rating5.56
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Squad number2Player nameWard
Average rating5.63
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Squad number16Player nameAndersen
Average rating5.68
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Squad number6Player nameGuéhi
Average rating5.88
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Squad number3Player nameMitchell
Average rating5.69
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Squad number23Player nameGallagher
Average rating7.53
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Squad number8Player nameKouyaté
Average rating5.67
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Squad number18Player nameMcArthur
Average rating5.85
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Squad number11Player nameZaha
Average rating5.61
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Squad number20Player nameBenteke
Average rating5.61
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Squad number9Player nameJ Ayew
Average rating5.44
Substitutes
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Squad number15Player nameSchlupp
Average rating6.40
Line-ups
West Ham
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Fabianski
- 5Coufal
- 15Dawson
- 21Ogbonna
- 3Cresswell
- 28Soucek
- 41RiceBooked at 90mins
- 20BowenSubstituted forLanziniat 79′minutes
- 8FornalsSubstituted forYarmolenkoat 87′minutes
- 22Benrahma
- 9Antonio
Substitutes
- 7Yarmolenko
- 10Lanzini
- 13Areola
- 16Noble
- 23Diop
- 24Fredericks
- 31Johnson
- 54Coventry
- 75Baptiste
Crystal Palace
Formation 4-3-3
- 13Guaita
- 2Ward
- 16Andersen
- 6Guéhi
- 3Mitchell
- 23Gallagher
- 8Kouyaté
- 18McArthurSubstituted forSchluppat 88′minutes
- 11Zaha
- 20Benteke
- 9J Ayew
Substitutes
- 1Butland
- 5Tomkins
- 14Mateta
- 15Schlupp
- 34Kelly
- 43Hannam
- 44Riedewald
- 46Street
- 49Rak-Sakyi
- Referee:
- Stuart Attwell
Match Stats
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Match ends, West Ham United 2, Crystal Palace 2.
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Second Half ends, West Ham United 2, Crystal Palace 2.
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Foul by Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace).
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Aaron Cresswell (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Marc Guéhi (Crystal Palace) header from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Conor Gallagher with a cross following a set piece situation.
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Declan Rice (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Declan Rice (West Ham United).
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Attempt blocked. Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tyrick Mitchell.
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Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jeffrey Schlupp replaces James McArthur.
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Attempt missed. Andriy Yarmolenko (West Ham United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Declan Rice.
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Substitution, West Ham United. Andriy Yarmolenko replaces Pablo Fornals.
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Substitution, West Ham United. Manuel Lanzini replaces Jarrod Bowen.
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Foul by James McArthur (Crystal Palace).
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Pablo Fornals (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Attempt blocked. Marc Guéhi (Crystal Palace) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Angelo Ogbonna (West Ham United).
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Attempt missed. Pablo Fornals (West Ham United) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Michail Antonio with a cross.
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Goal! West Ham United 2, Crystal Palace 2. Conor Gallagher (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.