March Madness
Liverpool FC 0 – 1 Crystal Palace FC
Line-ups:
Liverpool – Mignolet,
Kelly, Skrtel, Agger, Enrique, Henderson, Leiva, Johnson,
Coutinho, Alberto, Suarez
Subs: Jones,
Aspas, Cissokho, Touré,
Sturridge, Allen, Sakho
Crystal Palace – Speroni, Hunt, Mariappa, Boyata, Parr,
Ince, Jedinak, Williams,
Campaña, Benayoun,
Chamakh Subs: Price, Ward, Guédioura,
Gayle, Bannan,
Dikgacoi, Bolasie
Bookings:
Liverpool -
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Alberto
Goals:
Crystal Palace –
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Campaña (7)
Liverpool have been struggling and we kept the pressure on them with a fantastic win. Campaña was excellent and Parr picked up man of the match deservedly. We kept the ball from them especially well towards the end of the game and managed to keep them out at their own ground.
Crystal Palace FC 1 – 3 Newcastle United FC
Line-ups:
Crystal Palace – Speroni, Hunt, Mariappa, Boyata,
Cresswell, Ince, Guédioura, Jedinak,
Williams, Benayoun, Gayle
Subs: Price,
Ward, Bannan, Chamakh, Moxey, Thomas,
Bolasie
Newcastle – Krul, Debuchy, Coloccini, Yanga-Mbwia, Santon, Tioté, Cabaye,
Gouffran, Ben Arfa, Gutiérrez,
Zaha Subs: Elliot, Rémy, Anita,
Ameobi, Taylor, Bruma, Marveaux
Goals:
Crystal Palace –
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Benayoun (pen 9)
Newcastle –
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Cabaye (16), Gutiérrez (36, 77)
After getting the early goal we let the game slip away and Jonas ran the game. We were poor defensively and Aaron disappointed after his game back from injury. Maybe it was too soon but our midfield three let me down badly today.
Crystal Palace FC 0 – 2 Manchester City FC
Line-ups:
Crystal Palace – Speroni, Hunt, Mariappa, Cresswell,
Ince, Guédioura, Jedinak, Williams, Dikgacoi,
Benayoun, Chamakh
Subs: Price,
Moxey, Parr, Gayle, Ward, Campaña,
Bolasie
Man City – Pantilimon, Zabaleta, Kompany,
Nastasic, Kolarov, Asamoah, Touré, Fernandinho,
Agüero, Silva,
Dzeko Subs: Hart, Guidetti,
Negredo, Valero, Clichy,
Richards, Milner
Bookings:
Crystal Palace -
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Cresswell
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Hunt
Goals:
Man City –
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Silva (16), Dzeko (49)
A tough game against the team chasing the title but that is no excuse and we were let down by Jack Hunt and his sending off. By then we were already down 2-0 but the boys grouped together and ultimately we were beaten by better players.
Fulham FC 2 – 3 Crystal Palace
Line-ups:
Fulham – Stekelenburg, Riether, Batth, Amorebieta, Riise, Nekounam, Sidwell, Dejagah, Taarabt, Kaciniklic, Rodallega
Subs: Stockdale, Plumain, Duff, Zverotic, Trotta, Ruiz, Briggs
Crystal Palace – Speroni, Hunt, Mariappa, Boyata, Parr,
Ince, Jedinak, Williams,
Campaña, Benayoun, Ince,
Chamakh Subs: Price, Ward, Guédioura,
Gayle, Bannan,
Dikgacoi, Bolasie
Bookings:
Fulham -
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Sidwell, Taarabt
Crystal Palace -
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Jedinak
Goals:
Fulham –
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Rodallega (20), Taarabt (48)
Crystal Palace –
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Chamakh (21, 45), Ince (69)
Top win against our London and relegation rivals. We have managed to put together some good wins but need to kick on if we are to stay in this division. 40 points for safety look closer than they are and we have to stick together.
West Ham United FC 2 – 1 Crystal Palace
Line-ups:
West Ham – Jääskeläinen, O’Brien, Reid, Spence, Rat, Edu, Nolan,
Noble, Cole, Jarvis, Carroll
Subs: Adrián,
Collison, Morrison, Anelka, Tomkins, Taylor, Diarra
Crystal Palace – Speroni, Hunt, Mariappa, Boyata, Cresswell,
Ince, Jedinak,
Williams, Dikgacoi, Benayoun, Ince,
Chamakh Subs: Price, Moxey,
Bannan, Gayle, Ward, Guédioura,
Bolasie
Bookings:
Crystal Palace -
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Dikgacoi
Goals:
West Ham –
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Jarvis (16), Collison (72)
Crystal Palace –
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Benayoun (30)
There were only 3 players who seemed like they wanted to play today and the rest barely made any effort. A disappointing performance to top off a tough month. We picked up two vital wins though and shocked Liverpool in the process. I’m pleased we’ve got the 6 points but it could have been more if the desire was there.
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