The former Hammers boss is not sure what all the fuss was about after the game.
This weekend saw West Ham United put Crystal Palace and their former manager Sam Allardyce to the sword at the London Stadium.
The Hammers comfortably beat Palace 4-0 with goals from Sofiane Feghouli, Andy Carroll and Manuel Lanzini doing the damage.
Crystal Palace manager Sam Allardyce
It was a game that helped relieve some of the pressure at West Ham after three straight defeats and it is always nice to get one over an old manager, as they did with Allardyce.
But Big Sam was clearly not of the opinion that West Ham even played that well. He was speaking to the press today ahead of Palace’s FA Cup replay against Bolton Wanderers tomorrow when he stated his belief that West Ham were not as good as it was being made out:
“In fairness, while everyone will say how good West Ham were on Saturday – they weren’t that good. We gifted them the goals.
West Ham United’s Andy Carroll celebrates scoring their second goal with teammates
“Their first shot on target was just before the 70 minute mark, so they couldn’t have been as good as everyone’s said.”
In fairness to Allardyce the game was closer than the result would suggest and West Ham only really started to dominate the game when Michail Antonio was pushed forward later in the game.
But the scoreline, West Ham fans will argue, shows that they were the better team against Palace by a fair distance and that Allardyce is perhaps eating the sourest of grapes.
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