Palace beat Fulham to move up to fourth

Crystal Palace came from behind to secure a 2-1 win away at Fulham and move up to fourth in the Premier League on Sunday, while Brighton & Hove Albion were held to a 1-1 draw at home by West Ham United.
Skipper Marc Guehi scored a London derby winner to lift Palace to 26 points with their fifth away win of the season to move a point above fifth-placed Chelsea. Fulham remain in 15th place.
“It’s good (to be in the top four), we’re keeping our feet on the ground, it’s just a win against a very good team and now we focus on the next game,” Guehi said.
“It was a tough game, Fulham are a very good team who create a lot of chances with their rotation out, so it was important to stay in the game and stay together.
“It’s a credit to the whole team, not me, because when everyone does their job it’s easy.”
Palace took the lead after Adam Wharton found Eddie Nketiah in the box and the striker produced a smart finish to beat goalkeeper Bird Leno for his second league goal of the season.
However, Fulham equalized in the 38th minute when Harry Wilson played a wonderful pass to Raul Jimenez, turning on the edge of the box before pulling the trigger with the outside of his boot to beat Dean Henderson’s dive.
Fulham thought they had pulled it back when Emile Smith Rowe scored from a rebound, but the goal was disallowed when replays showed Samuel Chukwueze had been ruled offside in the set-up.
With a draw seemingly on the cards, Palace scored in the 87th minute from a corner when Gwehi rose above the defense to head home the winner, with the captain celebrating in front of the delirious Palace fans with outstretched arms.

Brighton are held by West Ham
Brighton and West Ham shared the spoils after Jarrod Bowen’s stunning second-half goal for the visitors was canceled out by Georginio Rutter’s stoppage-time equaliser.
Bowen’s 73rd-minute strike gave West Ham a glimmer of hope but Rutter pounced at the death to deny the visitors three valuable points that would have lifted them out of the relegation zone.
The result leaves West Ham in 18th place with 13 points, two behind Nottingham Forest, while Brighton have moved up to seventh with 23 points.
“It’s amazing for the first goal of the season. I’m very happy but we only get one point and that’s disappointing,” Rutter told Sky Sports.
“I think West Ham are very good and they are very solid. We expected them to make a mistake.”
In a match played in heavy rain and swirling winds, both teams managed to create chances in a goalless first half.
West Ham almost scored in the second half when Bowen danced his way through the Brighton defense before forcing a fine save from Bart Verbruggen, who then made a second save when Crisencio Somerville attempted an acrobatic volley.