West Ham 3 Crystal Palace 0: Sofiane Feghouli, Andy Carroll and Manuel Lanzini help Slaven Bilic & Co. forget all about Dimitri Payet

WEST HAM proved there is life after want-away turncoat Dimitri Payet with a win over former boss Sam Allardyce.

Boss Slaven Bilic is still reeling after the sulking £125,000-a-week Frenchman went on strike over a move he wants to Marseille.

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But his players provided the perfect response with a second-half stunner with goals from Sofiane Feghouli, Andy Carroll and Manuel Lanzini coming in the last 22 minutes.

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Former Hammer, James Tomkins, should have given the Eagles the lead in the first half when a deep cross bounced into his path and he somehow missed the chance to not celebrate against his old side.

And Palace were punished on 66 minutes when flying England winger Michail Antonio raced round keeper Wayne Hennessey and squared for Feghouli to tap in his first Premier League goal.

Another Antonio cross was then volleyed in by the giant England striker on 78 minutes.

And Lanzini rounded things off with a beautiful dink, from Antonio's hat-trick assist, with five minutes remaining.

FACTS, STATS, GOALS & LOLS

• West Ham fans ignore Payet initially and sing Super Slav in homage to hard pressed boss Slaven Bilic.
• Five minutes into the game the first chorus of an expletive laden song aimed at rebel Payet rings around the ground.
• West Ham captain Mark Noble took over free kick duties in the absence of Payet.

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• Yohan Cabaye volleys straight at Randolph but the keeper does well to hold onto the ball.
• Former Hammer James Tomkins misses a great chance to put Palace ahead when he rolls a shot across the line and just past the opposite post.
• Bilic makes a tactical shuffle at half time and brings on Sam Byram for the right back's first game since Septmber because of injury.
• West Ham's club shop has stripped the shelves of Payet merchandise.

• Extra security placed beside the Frenchman's picture outside the ground to protect it from vandalism.
• West Ham take the lead in the 68th minute when winger Sofiane Feghouli taps in a cross from Michail Antonio.
• Andy Carroll lifted the gloom with a spectacular overhead kick to make it 2-0 ten minutes from time.

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What they said:

Hammer’s striker Andy Carroll said about his goal: “I do try them in training a lot but they don't come off like that. I'm glad that one went in.

“I felt it [going in] straight off my boot - it was a great feeling.”