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Leeds were 1-0 up against Palace, in total control, and on their way to 12th in the table. Then they lost 5-1. It’s going to leave some nasty scars.Show me someone predicting a 5-1 Palace win here with 45 minutes on the clock and I will show you a liar. A bare-faced liar, who should be ashamed of themselves. Grow up, honestly.
It appeared to be a classic “relieved to only be one down” scenario for Roy Hodgson, who’d have been happy to have the 15-minute break to sort out the defensive mess. Instead they went in level. But while it’s easy to see why Palace emerged for the second half so newly up for it, the total collapse of Leeds as a functioning football team was entirely unacceptable.
Olise and Eze were both exceptional, combining to particularly eye-catching and devastating effect for the brilliant third goal that really finished Leeds off as a competitive entity. Both are players more renowned for their ball-carrying than distribution, but this was a slick passing move that reduced the Leeds defenders to traffic cones.
And for it to be scored by Ayew for his second goal of the half after managing five goals in his previous 100 Premier League games is just altogether too much. For Palace and Leeds.
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