Crystal Palace 2 West Brom 0 - Report and pictures

After holding off Roy Hodgson's Crystal Palace team for 70 minutes, Albion conceded two goals in eight minutes to finish the season bottom of the Premier League.

Wilfried Zaha swept home the first after a Patrick Van Aanholt pull-back from the byline before the left-back added a cool second in the 78th minute, rounding keeper Ben Foster.

It brings an end to Moore's unbeaten start to life in the dugout, following a remarkable five game streak that included memorable wins over Manchester United, Newcastle and Tottenham.

And in truth, his Albion side were second best to Hodgson's Palace, who celebrated staying up in style.

Following a pretty flat first half, Palace cranked up the pressure after the break, and should have scored far earlier than the 70th minute.

Van Aanholt was getting in behind at will and the hosts looked consistently dangerous on the counter-attack.

Moore was forced into one change after Matt Phillips picked up a knock in training, who he replaced with Grzegorz Krychowiak.

He then had to replace Sam Field on the bench with Jonathan Leko, after the teenage midfielder was injured in the warm-up. There was no place on the bench for club captain Jonny Evans.

Hodgson was given a hero's welcome by the jubilant Palace fans after keeping the Eagles up this season, and it was the hosts who started on the front goot.

Ben Foster had to be alert when Chris Brunt inadvertantly turned James McArthur's cross towards his own goal and Albion's No.1 nearly gifted Palace an opener seconds later with an untimely slip after a backpass.

Fortunately for Albion he recovered on the deck to hack the ball clear with Wilfried Zaha bearing down on him.

Luka Milivojevic curled a dangerous effort just past the post soon after as the visitors weathered an early storm.

But the Baggies got a foothold in the game about 10 minutes in, and after a sustained period of pressure Grzegorz Krychowiak drilled a first-time volley inches wide of Wayne Hennessey's post after picking the ball out of the sky with expert technique.

There was nothing riding on the game, and so players were neglecting the percentages and trying things they perhaps wouldn't normally.

But that nearly came back to bite the Baggies when Ahmed Hegazi was robbed of possession in the corner and Palace worked the ball to Wilfried Zaha in the middle.

The Palace talisman should have scored, but Foster kicked his shot away to safety.

The game died down after that. Although both sets of fans were determined to enjoy themselves ­- and joined in together with a chant of 'stand up if you love Hodgson' - there wasn't the same intensity on the pitch.

Palace were probing, but Albion kept them at arm's length. Around the half-hour mark, Allan Nyom flung out an important toe to stop Patrick Van Aanholt from bursting through on goal, but apart from that, there was little excitement.

Livermore's battle with his opposite number Ruben Loftus-Cheek was an interesting side-story to the main event, especially with those two battling it out for a place in Gareth Southgate's World Cup squad.

Chris Brunt was booked just before half-time for a foul on Milivojevic, but the first half felt like an end-of-season game with nothing riding on it.

James Tomkins and Craig Dawson followed Brunt into the book at the start of the second half and Tomkins's lunge on McClean in particular was quite high.

There may not have been much goalmouth action, but both sides were putting in robust challenges.

But Palace started to have more joy down their left hand side where Van Aanholt was getting in behind at will.

First, Foster saved well from Loftus-Cheek just before the hour mark and then Zaha wasted a golden opportunity from a central position.

But it was Andros Townsend who spurred the best chance of them all after Zaha rolled Dawson on the half way line and put him through on goal.

The Palace man had the whole goal to aim at but he somehow squirted his shot wide, and immediately after that Moore brought Nacer Chadli on for Krychowiak - who had lost the ball in the build-up to that chance.

Hodgson's team looked dangerous whenever they flooded forward at speed and Albion's goal was leading a charmed life.

Midway through the second half they had Jon Moss to thank when James McArthur was booked for diving over Brunt's leg, although it was a debatable decision.

But Albion couldn't stem the tide forever, and 20 minutes from time Palace broke the deadlock and they did it down the left-hand side with Van Aanholt getting in behind.

This time when he pulled it back to Zaha in the middle, the Palace talisman made no mistake, and turned the ball in from eight yards out.

Moore reacted by sending Hal Robson-Kanu and Daniel Sturridge on, but not before Rodriguez nearly got a toe on a McClean shot across the face of the goal.

But Palace doubled their lead eight minutes after their first goal when Van Aanholt burst through on goal following a neat passing move that ended with the ball ricocheting into the full-back's path.

He rounded Foster cooly before stabbing the ball home with his wrong foot. That goal settled the tie, and the home crowd made sure they enjoyed themselves after that.

They are staying up with 44 points after losing the first seven of the season and turning to Hodgson.

Albion's fightback under Moore came too late this season, and thanks to Stoke beating Swansea, they head down to the Championship after finishing at the foot of the table.

KEY MOMENTS

70 GOAL PALACE - Van Aanholt gets in behind Albion for the umpteenth time and this time his pull-back is stabbed home by Zaha.

80 GOAL PALACE - Van Aanholt rounds Foster and sweeps home after capitalising on a fortunate ricochet in the build-up.

MAN OF THE MATCH

Patrick Van Aanholt - Palace left-back consistently threatened down the wing. Scored one and set one up.

POSITION IN THE TABLE

20th, with 31 points from 38 games.

TEAMS

Crystal Palace (4-1-3-2): Hennessey; Van Aanholt (Soare 83), Tomkins, Sakho, Wan-Bissaka; Milivojevic (c); Loftus-Cheek, Cabaye, McArthur (Benteke 71); Zaha, Townsend (Lee 87).

Unused subs: Speroni, Schlupp, Kelly, Riedewald.

Albion (4-1-4-1): Foster; Nyom, Dawson, Hegazi, Gibbs; Brunt; McClean, Livermore, Krychowiak (Chadli 65), Rodriguez (Sturridge 74); Rondon (Robson-Kanu 72).

Unused subs: Myhill, McAuley, Leko, Burke.

Referee: Jon Moss (Horsforth)