Crystal Palace 0-1 Spurs : 3 observations from the game

#2 Lack of goals for Palace

Roy Hodgson's side is struggling to score goals

Crystal Palace is struggling to find the back of the net in most of their games this season. Defensively, Roy Hodgson's side has been solid and managed to keep teams out for a more significant period of the game, but without goals upfront, it's always tricky for a team to maintain that defensive shape for 90 minutes.

Against Everton, Palace had good chances to score but missed all of them and was made to pay later in the match. Today against Tottenham, they were without their talisman Wilfried Zaha, but the other players didn't let his absence felt. After Foyth gave Spurs the lead, Palace got several chances to score but lacked that killer instinct in the final third.

Hodgson would be disappointed with the number of chances they missed today. It's been the case so far this campaign, and if that continues, it would be challenging to save relegation.

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Edited by Victor R. Lopez M.