#3 Crystal Palace’s only threat comes from set-pieces
Trending
Crystal Palace secured Premier League survival last week with a 4-0 thumping of Hull City, so they could be forgiven for not showing up tactically in today’s game. The concession of two early goals set the tone of the game, and Palace never displayed any serious signs of a fightback.
Their only sources of chance creation came from set-pieces – Christian Benteke being the primary target. January signing Luka Milivojevic went close with a couple of free-kicks, but debutant Joel Pereira was comfortably behind them.
Patrick van Aanholt made a number of advancing runs into the penalty area, but Timothy Fosu-Mensah kept him at bay and prevented him from delivering teasing crosses. It was a performance which suggested that Palace were already on holiday, having consolidated their top-flight status after a stressful season.
