Premier League round-up: Palace edge West Ham, Brighton thrash Wolves, Forest let it slip

It was a day of high drama in the Premier League on Saturday as three games produced a massive 16 goals between them.

In the early kick-off, Crystal Palace beat West Ham 4-3 to move into 11th place in the table on 40 points – traditionally the threshold for Premier League survival.

Later, Brighton blew Wolves away with a 6-0 win on the South Coast and relegation battlers Nottingham Forest let a 1-0 lead slip to lose 2-1 against Brentford at the Gtech Stadium.

First up, in a game delayed by 15 minutes due to problems with ticket-reading machines at Selhurst Park, Crystal Palace produced a superb response to going 1-0 down to Tomas Soucek's ninth-minute opener for the Hammers.

Roy Hodgson's side grabbed three goals in a brilliant 15-minute spell through Jordan Ayew, Wilfried Zaha and Jeffrey Schlupp.

Michail Antonio got one back for Hammers 10 minutes from half-time before Eberechi Eze grabbed a fourth for Palace from a controversial penalty in the 66th minute.

The spot kick was awarded for a foul by Nayef Aguerd on Eze, who he was judged to have pulled back. Although there was minimal contact, VAR upheld the original decision.

Aguerd then made it 4-3 with a glancing header from a corner to set up a tense finish but Palace held firm to take all three points.

Hodgson, who returned to the club to replace Patrick Vieira last month, said: "Pleased with the victory. In the six games we have played we lost one and arguably we shouldn't have lost it. I believe we have done enough to survive. It's up to the players now."

Brighton's Pascal Gross scores the third goal in the 6-0 Premier League win over Wolverhampton Wanderers at the AMEX Stadium, PA

On the South Coast, Brighton continued their push for a place in Europe next