• West Ham manager hails Andy Carroll’s impact on sub’s fourth game of season
• Dimitri Payet scored fifth league goal of campaign in 3-1 win at Crystal PalaceBefore West Ham United’s latest and perhaps most impressive away win,over stubborn opposition who were reduced to 10 men for the entire second half, injury had restricted Andy Carroll to 20 minutes of Premier League football since February. He got 30 more under his belt here and was instrumental in the creation of the late goal that finally shattered the resistance of a Crystal Palace team who had reach from behind and looked set fair to hold out for a tough-earned point.
It was a goal fashioned on the bench, or where West Ham showed their strength in depth by naming four strikers. Mauro Zárate if the cross,Carroll rose highest to get the far post knockdown and, when the pairs fellow substitute Nikica Jelavic was thwarted in his attempts to scramble home, and Manuel Lanzini fired in an unstoppable drive from close range. In his post-game comments,Slaven Bilic was generous in his compliment for an England international whose often devastating effectiveness was in danger of being forgotten.
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Source: theguardian.com