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League Focus: How Premier League Teams Fare When Falling Behind

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League Focus: How Premier League Teams Fare When Falling Behind There were some contrasting but equally unsurprising outcomes from the weekend's Premier League action. Leicester came from two goals behind to steal a point against Southampton while Aston Villa, having fallen behind for the 8th successive league match, failed to salvage anything after gifting Chel...

Player Focus: Cabaye's Emergence as the Heartbeat of Pardew's Palace

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Player Focus: Cabaye's Emergence as the Heartbeat of Pardew's Palace Crystal Palace arguably accomplished one of the coups of the summer when they secured the services of Yohan Cabaye from PSG. Out of favour with the Parisian giants, the talented midfielder opted to depart for pastures new, returning to the Premier League to reunite with Alan Pardew, the manager who ...

Team Focus: Lack of Prolific Centre Forward Threatens to Curb Progress at Palace

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Team Focus: Lack of Prolific Centre Forward Threatens to Curb Progress at Palace Since taking over at Crystal Palace at the start of the year Alan Pardew has unshackled the club's frontline and transformed the Eagles into a menacing outfit stocked with pace out wide, while also managing to preserve the best qualities installed by Tony Pulis at the back. However, further progress...

Match Report: City Move Five Points Clear with Late Palace Win

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Match Report: City Move Five Points Clear with Late Palace Win Manchester City extended their lead at the top of the table to five points after Kelechi Iheanacho came off the bench to score the winner in the dying embers of their 1-0 win at Crystal Palace on Saturday.Iheanacho introduction was met by cries of “who?” by the Palace supporters, but the...

Team Focus: Palace Playing to Strengths Out Wide to Great Effect

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Team Focus: Palace Playing to Strengths Out Wide to Great Effect There is something engagingly simple, almost old-fashioned about Crystal Palace’s style of play. They sit two players in front of the back four, and have tremendous pace on the flanks. In three of their four league games this season, they’ve played with three of their four wide men &ndas...

Match Report: Sako the Star in Memorable Palace Win

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Match Report: Sako the Star in Memorable Palace Win Saturday’s meeting between Chelsea and Crystal Palace should have been a cause for celebration for the hosts as Jose Mourinho took charge of his 100th Premier League game at Stamford Bridge. Over two stints in west London, the Portuguese had lost just once in front of the Chelsea faithful, tha...

Player Focus: Creative Cabaye Could be Coup of the Summer for Palace

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Player Focus: Creative Cabaye Could be Coup of the Summer for Palace The transfer window always throws up rumours that seem borderline ridiculous. Sometimes the thought of a player moving to a team is enough to make even the most optimistic of football fans laugh off rumours linking players to their club, such is the nigh-on impossibility of a performer making a cert...

Match Report: Young the Star as Manchester United Defeat Battling Palace

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Match Report: Young the Star as Manchester United Defeat Battling Palace The race for the fourth and final Champions League spot in England's top tier before today was one that had the potential to go down to the final game of the season. Manchester City and Arsenal are effectively guaranteed a return to Europe's elite competition, with Manchester United and Liverpool in...

Player Focus: Magnificent Murray Spearheading The Eagles' Ascent To Safety

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Player Focus: Magnificent Murray Spearheading The Eagles' Ascent To Safety Crystal Palace have upset the title race in the last 2 seasons. The ‘Miracle of Crystanbul’ last term effectively ended Liverpool’s hunt for their first Premier League title as Palace came from 3-0 down to draw 3-3 in arguably the most entertaining game of the campaign. The enthral...

Team Focus: Palace's Positive Attacking Approach Under Pardew

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Team Focus: Palace's Positive Attacking Approach Under Pardew Mathematically, we’re not safe, but we’re in a great position, Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew said following Saturday’s 3-1 win over QPR. The Eagles ran riot in the opening 45 minutes against their London rivals, which ultimately helped them to an important 3 points. With 8 poi...