The Hammers were commended for their spirited display on Thursday when they pushed Bayer Leverkusen all the way in their Europa League quarter-final second-leg draw at the London Stadium, eventually losing 3-1 on aggregate.
However, West Ham have consistently struggled to follow up European fixtures with a positive domestic result, and the travelling Hammers supporters were let down once again at Selhurst Park as they watched their side fall to a humbling defeat.
Palace raced into a three-goal lead inside the opening 20 minutes and then added a fourth on the 31st-minute mark through Jean-Philippe Mateta, before Michail Antonio pulled one back on the stroke of half time.
West Ham continued to be outclassed by Palace after the break and conceded again when Mateta netted his second of the afternoon midway through the second half, before a Dean Henderson own goal proved to be just a consolation for the Hammers late in the contest.
David Moyes achieves unwanted managerial first in Palace routDefeat for West Ham represents their 12th in the Premier League this season, as well as their ninth in all competitions since the turn of the year; Across their 21 matches in 2024, the Hammers have only won four times and have drawn the remaining eight.
In what was Moyes's 693rd match as a manager in the Premier League, Sunday's fixture was the earliest that a team managed by the Scotsman has ever been 4-0 down in a game in the division (31st minute).
Moyes, who has been tipped to leave the London Stadium when his contract expires this summer, has now failed to win any
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