Tony Cottee has been speaking to today’s Official Programme about where he feels this evening’s game can be won or lost, and he believes Manuel Lanzini will be key.

Hedeclared: “From our point of view, I think a lot of responsibility will rest on the shoulders of our attacking midfield players, and it may need a moment of magic to get through Palace’s back line.

“Manuel Lanzini could come back into the starting line-up after his injury,

and he for me is still our star player when it comes to unlocking a defence. “We have some wonderful talent going forward – Felipe Anderson, Andriy Yarmolenko, Pablo Fornals, Jack Wilshere – probably the best group of attacking players we have had at West Ham since Harry Redknapp was manager, but Lanzini is really the one who makes us tick, and most capable of creating something out of nothing.

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