Crystal Palace 0-1 West Ham: Manuel Lanzini grabs winner as Christian Benteke misses penalty

Manuel Lanzini's first-half goal gave 10-man West Ham a much-needed 1-0 win at Crystal Palace on Saturday evening.

Lanzini put West Ham ahead in the first half with a sweeping finish inside the area, before Christian Benteke missed a penalty and hit the post with a header on the stroke of half-time.

Aaron Cresswell was sent off with 15 minutes remaining after picking up two bookings within a minute, but West Ham held on for a vital win.

It leaves West Ham 15th in the Premier League with seven points from eight games, while Palace are in eighth, four points above the Hammers.

In the pouring rain at Selhurst Park, West Ham dominated the opening stages, and were ahead on 19 minutes.

After exchanging passes with Dimitri Payet on the left wing, Cresswell's superb centre was swept home by Lanzini from six yards, after the Argentine ghosted into the area unmarked.

Palace struggled to claw their way back into the game until a frantic final few minutes of the first-half, the hosts winning a penalty after Angelo Ogbonna had brought down Benteke in the area.

The Belgian, who scored a hat-trick in midweek against Gibraltar, stepped up, but nonchalantly stroked his penalty wide of the top right corner.

Benteke almost made amends instantly, but his towering header from a right-wing cross came off the outside of Adrian's right-hand post.

Palace goalkeeper Steve Mandanda thwarted Payet after the break from close range as Lanzini's good work set up the Frenchman inside the area, before Michail Antonio's close-range header from a corner was cleared off the line by Jason Puncheon.

Cresswell then got the first of his bookings for simulation after going down easily under Yohan Cabaye's tackle in the area, and barely a minute later was harshly shown a second yellow for pulling back Wilfried Zaha on the right wing.

Benteke should have brought Palace level with 10 minutes remaining, heading over the bar from Puncheon's fine ball, and Adrian was at his best to deny substitute Conor Wickham's close-range header at the far post in stoppage time.

Player ratings

Crystal Palace: Mandanda (6), Ward (6), Tomkins (6), Delaney (6), Kelly (6), McArthur (5), Ledley (5), Puncheon (6), Townsend (6), Zaha (6), Benteke (4)

Subs: Cabaye (6), Fryers, (5), Wickham (6)

West Ham: Adrian (6), Reid (8), Cresswell (6), Kouyate (8), Lanzini (8), Zaza (6), Obiang (6), Noble (7), Ogbonna (7), Payet (7), Antonio (6)

Subs: Nordtveit (6), Calleri (NA), Fernandes (NA)

Man of the match: Winston Reid

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