West Ham's winning points at Crystal Palace's stadium has officially extinguished Wolves' fragile hopes of relegation. After 33 rounds, the "Wolves" only have 17 points, 16 points behind the safe position while the season is only 5 rounds away.
Thus, Wolves will have to play in the Championship after 8 consecutive years of participating in the Premier League. The team once had a period of sublimation under Nuno Espirito Santo - who is currently leading West Ham - with two consecutive seasons ending in the top half of the table.
Wolves' decline comes from an unreasonable transfer strategy when they continuously sell key players without a worthy replacement. Their efforts to rise up at the end of the season are too late for them to salvage a disastrous campaign.
In the bottom group, Tottenham Hotspur is the team that indirectly benefits, as they still have a chance to stay in the league with a gap of only 2 points compared to the safe group.
Returning to the match at Selhurst Park, Crystal Palace was in high form after reaching the Conference League semi-finals, but could not take advantage of home ground to win.
The first half was exciting with a two-way match. Brennan Johnson continuously missed opportunities for Palace, while West Ham responded with an impressive "upside-down bicycle" by Taty Castellanos but was blocked right on the goal line.
Right before the break, goalkeeper Dean Henderson also made an excellent save against Konstantinos Mavropanos' header.
Stepping into the second half, the climax was pushed up when Ismaila Sarr put the ball into West Ham's net, but VAR disallowed the goal due to a previous hand touch by Jean-Philippe Mateta.
In the end, the two teams drew 0-0 in a dramatic match but lacked goals. This is a result enough for West Ham to complete their goal, and at the same time close Wolves' Premier League journey this season.
