West Ham 'unfortunate' against Crystal Palace says Winston Reid

West Ham defender Winston Reid says his side were unfortunate not to take all three points from last Saturday's home game against Crystal Palace.

Damien Delaney headed Palace in front early on but goals from Manuel Lanzini and a trademark Dimitri Payet free-kick put the Hammers in charge at Upton Park.

However, the 67th-minute dismissal of Cheikhou Kouyate - a decision which West Ham have already appealed - saw Palace regain a foothold in the match and Dwight Gayle secured a 2-2 draw when tapping in from close range eight minutes later.

Speaking to the club's official website, New Zealander Reid said: "You always get frustrated with decisions, but at the end of the day the referee has made it and then that's it, you can't do anything about it, you just have to get on with it.

"They got back into the game, scored a goal and we tried to push for it at the end, tried to go up and get a win, we needed a win.

"Of course, if we had four points more we'd be a lot further up, but it wasn't to be. Obviously, when the team's playing really well it's unfortunate not to pick up those extra points.

"There are still seven games to play, so there's still loads of football to be played and it's not like we're playing poorly or anything, we've just been lacking maybe a little bit of sharpness and a little bit of luck, probably, as well.

"We'll dust ourselves down, we'll get back on it next week and be ready for the next game."

West Ham lie sixth in the Premier League table, three points off fourth-placed Manchester City, and will be looking to close the gap when they host Arsenal on Saturday.

But they will also be keeping an eye on their highly-anticipated FA Cup quarter final replay against Manchester United four days later.

"I think everything's important for us," he added. "As long as we can keep playing well, like we're doing, and we'll just try to be positive and pick up as many points.

"Obviously, we have a big game against Man United at home, which we want to progress and go to Wembley, and try to get ourselves into a final.