Crystal Palace 1-3 West Ham United: Hammers win it late on

While it is early in the league season there is no doubt that West Ham and Bilic deserve the early season plaudits along with their opponents on Saturday.

Since the game against Spurs, Palace have thrashed Charlton Athletic in the League Cup before battling to wins over Watford and West Bromwich Albion, but a hard finish to October will push the squad to the limit as the club looks to prove that it is capable of challenging for European qualification.

But when Carroll headed fellow substitute Mauro Zarate’s cross back across goal Lanzini was on hand to smash the ball past Hennessey.

Bilic said: “Those wins at Arsenal, Liverpool and City were satisfying because they made history”.

But Carroll’s introduction picked the lock as typical physical dominance opened up space for Lanzini to score and Payet had the final say, adding gloss to the scoreline as Bilic again masterminded another impressive win on the road.

Played for both – Danny Gabbidon: The Welsh worldwide central defender joined West Ham upon their promotion back to the Premier League in 2005 and was a reliable figure, making 96 appearances without scoring.

“The first challenge from Dwight is a bad challenge and a yellow card”, Pardew admitted. But I don’t think there is a problem criticising refs after a game.

Yohan Cabaye has been central to this team’s fortune ever since moving from PSG.

West Ham beat Crystal Palace 3-1 in their last league fixture and now sit fourth in the Premier League standings with a tally of 17 points.

Bilic said he is not concerned by high expectations after his side climbed to third in the table.

“But we analyse it, put it behind us and try and rectify it. The important thing is to move on to the next game and hopefully it was just a little blip on the radar”.

“You can’t stop the fans’ [expectations] – unless you start losing and that is not what we want. It is still early days and not late May”.

“What we are trying to do, our target, is to play good football, to be solid and defend with numbers and attack with numbers and that is going to create more chances and more goals and get more points”.