Crystal Palace have been crushed 2-1 by Sunderland within the Premier League, capping off a dramatic 24 hours the place Oliver Glasner revealed each he and captain Marc Guehi will depart the membership.
The Austrian revealed the information in his pre-match press convention on Friday – Glasner will depart Crystal Palace on the finish of the season, whereas Guehi missed the journey to the Stadium of Mild together with his transfer to Manchester Metropolis anticipated quickly.
And maybe expectedly, the Eagles’ kind didn’t enhance. They let a 1-0 lead slip and are actually 10 video games with out a win in all competitions since they beat Shelbourne within the Convention League on December 11.
After two huge misses from Jean-Philippe Mateta – topic to his personal switch hypothesis – Crystal Palace took the lead by way of Yeremy Pino. He had additionally given them late hope in final weekend’s shock FA Cup exit to Macclesfield, this time sticking a foot by way of the center of his defenders to poke the ball previous Robin Roefs.
Brian Brobbey scored the successful objective for Sunderland
However Crystal Palace’s lead lasted simply three minutes as Sunderland hit again. Nordi Mukiele despatched in an outstanding cross from the right-hand aspect and Enzo Le Charge was unmarked within the center to comb into the again of the online.
The Eagles ought to have gone into the break forward, too. Tyrick Mitchell fizzed a header vast late within the first half whereas Mateta additionally had the ball within the internet, however was offside.
Sunderland dominated possession after half-time, and eventually made it depend within the 71st minute. Noah Sadiki discovered Brian Brobbey down the left of the realm, and the striker flicked the ball goalwards together with his instep, nestling residence through the underside of the crossbar.
The Black Cats stay unbeaten on the Stadium of Mild within the Premier League this season, and transfer into eighth place – simply three factors from the highest 4.
Crystal Palace in the meantime drop into 14th place and have now misplaced three successive away video games within the Premier League.
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