By Neil Ashton for The Mail on Sunday From his seat just behind the dug-out, Teddy Sheringham saluted West Ham’s goalscorers one by one. All three had the seal of approval from the club’s new striker coach. Their finishes were straight out of the Sheringham locker, taking English football back to a time when he had the calmest finish in the game. He could make it look so easy. So did West Ham, strolling to victory at Selhurst Park with goals from Mauro Zarate, Stewart Downing and Carlton Cole. They were ruthless. Off to a bad start: Mauro Zarate made matters worse for manager-less Crystal Palace by giving West Ham the lead after 34 minutes
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West Ham beat Crystal Palace 3-1 on Saturday in the Premier League  to make matters worse for Steve Parish
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Zarate scored opening goal before Stewart Downing added  second to leave Palace 2-0 down at half time
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Marouane Chamakh got Palace back into tie with more than 40 minutes to play but could not inspire a full comeback
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Carlton Cole scored killer goal 62 minutes in to make it 3-1 to visitors at Selhurst Park
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Making his point: Teddy Sheringham watched on as his strikers put @placeholder to the sword in the comfortable win at Selhurst Park