Glenn Murray netted twice to fire Crystal Palace to a 3-1 win over West Ham before he ended with a red carded at Upton Park on Saturday.
Alan Pardew’s side swept into a three-goal lead as Murray opened the scoring in the first half and struck again after Scott Dann had increased Palace’s lead after the break. Murray was then sent off for a second booking and Hammers striker Enner Valencia reduced the deficit, but Palace survived a late barrage to secure a winsweet result for Pardew, who had been sacked by West Ham in 2006.
The fifth successive away win of Pardew’s Palace reign moved the club further away from relegation zone, while West Ham is without a win in six matches in all competitions.
Sam Allardyce’s men went close to taking the lead when Mark Noble’s free-kick cannoned off the woodwork with Palace ‘keeper Julian Speroni rooted to the spot.
But, Palace was soon in the ascendency and Murray fired straight at Hammers goalkeeper Adrian. Murray didn’t need to rue that miss for long as he put Palace ahead in the 41st minute when he met Puncheon’s corner with a header which Hammers defender Aaron Cresswell diverted into his own net with a woefully mistimed attempt to clear.
Murray’s second goal in his last two appearances was even more frustrating for West Ham, as he had escaped a red card earlier in the half after a crude challenge just moments after being booked by the referee.
The results: EPL: Burnley 0 lost to Swansea 1 (Trippier 64-og); Manchester United 2 (Rooney 66-pen, 84) bt Sunderland 0; Newcastle 1 (Cisse 37) bt Aston Villa 0; Stoke 1 (Crouch 71) bt Hull 0; West Brom 1 (Berahino 2) bt Southampton 0; West Ham 1 (Valencia 76) lost to Crystal Palace 3 (Murray 41, 63, Dann 51).
Bundesliga: Borussia Dortmund 3 (Aubameyang 78, Mkhitaryan 79, Reus 86) bt Schalke 04 0; Bayer Leverkusen 1 (Rolfes 33) bt Freiburg 0; Hoffenheim 2 (Volland 55, Polanski 76) bt Mainz 05 0; Hannover 96 1 (Stindl 70) drew with VfB Stuttgart 1 (Gentner 52); Hertha Berlin 1 (Kalou 88) bt Augsburg 0. On Friday: Bayern Munich 4 (Schweinsteiger 3, Ribery 10, Robben 67, Lewandowski 75) bt Cologne 1 (Ujah 45).
La Liga: Granada 1 (Rico 53) lost to Barcelona 3 (Rakitic 25, Suarez 48, Messi 70. On Friday: Espanyol 1 (Abraham 43) bt Cordoba 0.
