West Ham United boss Sam Allardyce admits they weren't good enough for defeat to Crystal Palace.

The Hammers lost 3-1 at home.

"It was far too late when we were 3-0 down," Big Sam lamented. "I suppose you could say we hit the woodwork twice and had those gone in, they could have made all the difference.

"The other reason was that we pointed out the most dangerous side of Crystal Palace in terms of scoring threat was set plays, with 50 per cent of their goals coming from set plays, and we've lost the game on three of them.

"Irrespective of our performance not being good enough, if we'd done that part of the job right, Enner Valencia's goal may have brought us something, but it wasn't to be.

"I'm really struggling with the performance because what we've built for the West Ham fans is an expectation, particularly against Manchester United, but then Crystal Palace came here and we've let ourselves down and we've let them down.

"We came so close to getting fabulous victories against Tottenham and Man United, so to lose 3-1 at home was because we couldn't defend three set plays well enough. Our main disappointment is that we didn't do well enough to get anything out of the game."