Roy Hodgson has challenged Christian Benteke to “step up to the plate” amid increased competition in Crystal Palace’s forward line following the recent acquisition of Jean-Philippe Mateta. “Christian Benteke is still part of our team here so I’m not convinced the club are going to interested in letting him go. “As a manager, especially with a team that hasn’t always scored enough goals, we’ve created more chances than we’ve converted, you can’t have too many forwards,” Hodgson added. He’s someone who likes to run and get behind defences, he’s certainly someone who’s really only interested in the penalty area and scoring goals. “We think he’s the type of player who will adapt his game very well to the Premier League because he has the sort of qualities that are important in Premier League football today.

Source: Express January 25, 2021 15:33 UTC