Wilfred Zaha again underlined his importance to Crystal Palace as they took advantage of the controversial dismissal of Matheus Pereira to claim their first points in three games with a rout at West Brom. Between these two Zaha contributions, though, came the incident that completely altered the complexion of the game - Pereira’s red card. But holding out for almost an hour with 10 men proved impossible, and Zaha sparked a Palace goal-fest. Christian Benteke headed the first of his two goals of the afternoon from a Van Aanholt cross just four minutes after his strike-partner’s fine finish. It was a tough afternoon for Slaven Bilic’s side, who have now conceded a league-high 23 goals this season.

Source: The Star December 06, 2020 14:03 UTC