West Ham United are used to living with a sense that crisis could strike at any time, yet Gianfranco Zola, the manager, continues to rise above the uncertainties and has steered his team to a six-match unbeaten run. The present worry is that, like Craig Bellamy, the insistence that Scott Parker will not be sold to Manchester City will be followed quickly by him posing in a sky blue shirt. Having had four clubs in five years, the midfield player is in familiar territory, but said: “If someone rings me and says, ‘We’re selling you’, then I can’t do anything about that. But I’m enjoying myself and feel I’m playing some good stuff.”
The match was settled in a two-minute period just before half-time when