Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson is full of praise for West Ham counterpart David Moyes.

Palace meet the Irons on Sunday.

Hodgson said: “I always enjoyed playing against David because we're friends and we've been friends for a long time, but I admire him as a coach and a manager.

“I admire the way he sets his teams up to play and the fact is that he's been in the Premier League a long time. He's won numerous Manager of the Year awards and there's a very simple reason why that has happened: he's good.

“The fact that he's good means that, whenever you play one of his teams, especially this one… they've had a lot of success in his time back at the club there, not least of all in Europe, but also in terms of recruitment. They brought in some quite important players and the club has backed the manager well in terms of the amount of money that the club has spent.

“So we know now that West Ham, who have always been a tough opponent, especially under David Moyes, are going to become an even tougher opponent during the course of the seasons to come."