Mateta double seals Palace win over West Ham

SourceBBC

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Two goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta gave Crystal Palace an away victory over West Ham in the Premier League.

Mateta latched on to a sublime through ball from Eberechi Eze before slotting low and hard past Hammers goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski into the bottom corner.

With two minutes remaining, Mateta played a pass into the path of Eddie Nketiah, who was wiped out by the West Ham keeper.

Mateta’s resulting spot-kick squirmed under Fabianski, as Palace sealed the win.

Graham Potter’s home side had been reduced to 10 men in the 80th minute when Konstantinos Mavropanos was shown a second yellow card after he grappled with Mateta and then launched a high boot into his face.

The result means Palace move up to 12th in the table, while West Ham are a point behind them in 14th place.