WEST HAM mounted a stunning fightback to bag a point at Cardiff – and it was the second time Scott Parker had spearheaded a three-goal comeback with the Hammers.
The former Burnley chief, 46, was on Wednesday.
And, having replaced the , Parker was in the dugout for the first time as West Ham notched a 3-3 draw with Cardiff.
It looked like the new gaffer would make a nightmare start to his reign when the Hammers gave themselves a mountain to climb.
Jack Moylan bagged a to leave West Ham fearing a third Championship loss on the spin.
But the promotion favourites snatched a share of the spoils thanks to Divine Mukasa, Arne Engels and Max Kilman finding the net following the interval.
And, despite it being Parker’s first showdown in charge of , he also sparked a three-goal comeback during his playing days.
The Hammers recovered from a huge deficit to seal a 3-3 draw at West Brom in February 2011.
A Demba Ba brace, along with a Carlton Cole effort, cancelled out the Baggies’ lead.
And Mark Noble, who was for West Ham’s clash with Cardiff, revealed Parker led the half-time team talk before the epic Hawthorns fightback.
The Hammers legend, 39, wrote in his Boleyn Boy autobiography: “We went to at the end of February and stank the place out during the first half.
“We were 3-0 down at half-time and Scotty was so angry he ended up taking the team talk during the break.
“‘Lads, listen, if you don’t want to play, just don’t play,’ he said. ‘There’s no point.
“‘You need to actually go out there and f***ing get a bit of pride back because that was f***ing embarrassing’.”
Parker engineered West Ham’s second half rally at after making a triple substitution at the break.
And the three-time promotion winner blasted his side’s performance in the opening period.
said: “Both halves were really mixed. In the first half I thought we were clearly really poor.
“I thought we were poor in both phases of the game. Out of possession, I thought we looked quite passive at certain moments.
“And then with the ball, it was a little bit poor and there was certainly a lot to work on. There were a lot of backward passes and the keeper had a lot of touches.
“Then the second half was the polar opposite. It was a forceful team, it was an aggressive team, it was a front-foot team. I think it’s fair to say it’s a team that we need to be.”
