Olise Curler Secures First Away Win Of The Season For Palace

Much had been said of the Eagles form away from Selhurst Park this season but this was addressed at the London Stadium with an impressive victory after going behind to the Hammers.

TIME/ DATE/ VENUE

• 2pm
• 6^th November 2022
• London Stadium, London E20 2ST

RESULT

West Ham United 1-2 Crystal Palace

PLAYER RATINGS

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES – 2 Joel WARD, 5 James TOMKINS, 14 Jean-Philippe MATETA, 19 Will HUGHES, 21 Sam JOHNSTONE, 23 Malcolm EBIOWEI, 41 Joe WHITWORTH, 44 Jairo RIEDEWALD

OPPOSITION LINE-UP

UNSED SUBSTITUTES – 5 Vladimir COUFAL, 13 Alphonse AREOLA, 21 Angel OGBONNA, 27 Nayef AGUERD, 33 EMERSON

TEB VERDICT

The Eagles served up a very good away performance which ensured the first three points from their travels this season. Collectively, and individually with Zaha, Eze and Olise all starring in a side that is exciting to watch when they are in the zone like this and they settled a few doubts particularly where the away form has been concerned.

This was a deserved result and even when the hosts took the lead from an effort from distance, Palace already had the best chances in the game and deservedly went in level at the break.

After surviving a penalty scare which the referee ruled out even after being told to take a look at the screen up stepped Michael Olise who cut inside and released his trademark curler with his left boot to send the away fans into raptures.

Even after a difficult run of fixtures at the start of the season, a point or three at Forest next weekend sees Palace with 20+ heading into the World Cup break – a very satisfying total from 14 games.

POST GAME QUOTES

PATRICK VIEIRA – “It was really tight. We had that chance with Michael at the end. It was deflected but we know in that position he’s dangerous when he opens himself up like that.

The feeling is good – not just winning the game but the performance from the start. We played with a lot of discipline and quality and moved the ball around. We’re growing up as a team. We showed quality and resilience and managed to get back into the game and win it.

The VAR is there to do a job. It went in our favour and the referee was brave enough to change his mind.

We showed we have character and personality. We showed it again. Everyone wanted the ball, nobody was hiding. It would be good for us to take our chances.”

DAVID MOYES – “We didn’t play well enough. We couldn’t have expected much more. A draw wouldn’t have been wrong but Palace played better than we did. We got in front when we didn’t look like it in the game but then we let Palace into the game. It was terrible. Second one we looked more likely to score. No complaints with the result.

MATCH STATISTICS

POSITION IN THE TABLE (at the final whistle)

UPCOMING FIXTURES

09/11/22 Newcastle United (a) – League Cup (7.45pm)

12/11/22 Nottingham Forest (a) – Premier League (3pm)

26/12/22 Fulham (h) – Premier League (3pm)