Crystal Palace boss Sam Allardyce admits they're in a tough position after their thumping at West Ham.

Allardyce is still searching for his first victory with Palace.

"It's tough for us at the minute," Allardyce said. "I'm still finding out about the players here and they are making statements to me by the fact results are not good enough.

"We don't have the capability to make sure we don't lose. That's the first thing to put right at a struggling club and at the moment we don't know how to get that result.

"Today after 70 minutes we didn't look in any real trouble, but once we gifted them the first goal we lost our shape and our discipline.

"We all have to be more resilient and shut the opposition out. I didn't think we would collapse like we did so it was a bit of a shock at the end looking at the scoreboard."