West Ham United survived a late fightback by Crystal Palace to start the new year with a narrow Premier League victory at Selhurst Park.
The three points for David Moyes' side moves them back up to fifth in the table above Tottenham Hotspur, who had claimed an injury-time winner at Watford earlier on Saturday.
The Hammers were aided by wasteful finishing from the home side and were clinical in front of goal themselves as they netted three times in the first half.
Palace winger Jeffrey Schlupp swivelled and struck the post from a promising position after just 46 seconds and Odsonne Edouard rattled the crossbar with a first-time effort.