00:00It's all over here at the London Stadium and this was an afternoon that showed Graham Potter
00:05that there can be no quick fixes to the situations, the problems that West Ham find themselves
00:10in midway through this season. This was a London derby defeat to Crystal Palace, a 2-0
00:16win for the Eagles, secured by a double by Jean-Philippe Meteta. And of course we know
00:21that West Ham United are struggling up front at the moment, they've got injuries to captain
00:26Jarrod Bowen, to Mikel Antonio and to Nicolas Falkrug as well and we know that they're active
00:30in the January transfer window trying to find a solution up front. Well, the smug Palace
00:36fans could point to Meteta as a potential solution to West Ham's problems, although
00:41of course it doesn't look like Meteta will be leaving this month. There's certainly no
00:44reason why Palace would want to get rid of him, particularly after a performance like
00:48this. He scored just after the break, scoring in the 48th minute after Eze put him through
00:55and he thundered the ball past Lukasz Fabianski. And then he scored in the final five minutes
01:00from the penalty spot, it was a penalty which Fabianski had conceded by lugging down Eddie
01:05Nketiah, the substitute. For West Ham they just looked devoid of ideas, they'd set out
01:09to match Crystal Palace's 3-4-2-1 formation, but it didn't work out and when Potter changed
01:15formation, neither did that.
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