Crystal Palace 5, Leicester City 0
Selhurst Park, London
What a match in a sold out Selhurst Park, where the local Crystal Palace Boys put on a display of amazing and one of kind football with a rout over Leicester City. With both halves, the soaring Eagles delivered mayhem to the visiting Foxes.
These are starting to seal their permanency under manager Roy Hodgson ever since his arrival at these parts of London Town to rescue and try his best to give an identity to a squad without it under then manager Frank De Boer.
Ever since the get go, the locals started getting on top of this match and showing off an all-around dominance over the visiting City squad looking forward to continue adding points seeking a possible notable finish in the overall table.
Not today against an inspired and belligerent Glaziers looking at all costs to deliver a win and three points of gold, and for Hodgson and company every point is crucial as the way these display their football with ambition a plenty.
Offensively and defensively, the Eagles were amazing in the field and showing off a total domains in the course of the whole game over a decimated Foxes squad that saw its luck dwindle, when they left with ten men in the second half.
After Marc Albrighton not so bright, play in the 56 over Wilfred Zaha, by tripping him in stopping his momentum in a play that for sure was to culminate with a score for Palace, despite the protests from various of City players the game official show him the red card.
As the locals seeing a sort of movement by the visiting Leicester City when Ryhad Mahrez started his usual attack in midfield and passing to a wide, open Kelechi Ieanacho to pass to Jamie Vardy but denied the goal with a brilliant stop in the line. With a well-placed Eagles center back Joel Ward on the line, kick the ball denying the opening goal for the visitors and for goalkeeper Hennessey to control the ball that came into his hands.
This play opened the doors to an all-around momentum exercised by Crystal Palace until the end of the match, with a nice back heel pass from James McArthur to Wilfred Zaha opening with their first goal in the 17 minute.
the Eagles game rising to a new high and for its players so determined to deliver a perfect afternoon at home with a win, raising their expectations of permanency with a perfect close to this match.
They did it with style and with hunger written all over, as the second goal before going to intermission came in the 38 minute when the same combination of Wilfred Zaha now serving to James McArthur to extend the locals lead to 2-0.
After the Albrighton red card, everything seemed to collapse for the Claude Puel side seeing his decadence and chaotic run in the end as not promising with a classless football and dropping points like crazy.
The third goal of Palace came in the 81 minute by a long pass from midfield from Mamadou Zakho to a well-placed Reuben Loftus- Cheek for the third goal of the match and in the 84 Patrick Van AanHolt extending the lead to 4-0.
Still this affair was far from over from the locals showing off a display of top of the line offensive might and with a challenge over Christian Benteke that he took matters into his own and scored the final goal via a penal and seal the deal with a 5-0 win.
Huge was the step taken today by the Crystal Palace to see another day in the ranks of Premiership with today goal fest these delivered at home and seeing a light at the end of the tunnel with manager Roy Hodgson happy for his near feat.
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