Overview

• Crystal Palace won 2-1 at the London Stadium, leaving West Ham 18th with four defeats in five league games.
• Thousands of supporters protested before kick-off calling for David Sullivan and Karren Brady to resign, following a Fan Advisory Board vote of no confidence two weeks earlier.
• BBC Sport reports the club had already started identifying alternatives before the match, with Nuno Espirito Santo, Slaven Bilic and Gary O’Neil under consideration.
• Graham Potter has six wins from 25 games since January; he said he believes he still has board backing, as home fans booed substitutions and chanted that he would be sacked.
• Reports indicate the international break is a key decision point, with Everton and Arsenal to come and a grim home run that includes three straight league defeats and repeated concessions from corners.