Crystal Palace

Match report and free match highlights as Ollie Watkins opened for Aston Villa, but this was soon cancelled out by Wilfried Zaha; VAR awarded Crystal Palace ...

"We got to half time at 1-1 and the game is in the balance. I'm not standing here complaining or saying we deserved to win, but for large parts of the game, we were well in it. I'm not sure what else he can do, he's going up fairly to challenge for the ball, he's trying to gain leverage and height and the header's hit his arm from less than a metre away. "When you need full leverage at the back post and you're in a duel, sometimes your body parts go into unnatural positions. "Up until then, it's 1-1 at a tough place against a good team and you'd take that before the game. "We went through a difficult period in the game, but we managed to keep our calm and organisation. We got ourselves in front and scored a good goal, but we never kept the lead for long enough. "In the first half, they were lucky to go in [at half-time] with a draw. Crystal Palace continued to hunt for a second, but came up against the resolute Martinez. However, that allowed Bailey to cut inside before unleashing a thunderous, curling strike goalwards, only to see it hit the top of the crossbar. When you need full leverage at the back post and you're in a duel, sometimes your body parts go into unnatural positions. Leon Bailey nodded down a long pass into the striker's path, and he made no mistake in firing past Vicente Guaita.

Aston Villa lost out to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon. Two goals in the opening seven minutes – a first of the ...

CRYSTAL PALACE 3-1 ASTON VLLA- KATHRYN BATTE AT SELHURST PARK: Crystal Palace came from behind to beat Aston Villa 3-1 thanks to a brace from Wilfried Zaha.

When Palace had their first half goal chalked off for offside, the Villa fans could be heard singing ‘VAR, my lord, VAR’. The moments went against us today.’ It’s a complete accident. For me it’s harsh, I’m not sure what Lucas can do in that situation,’ Gerrard said. ‘Wilfried doesn’t want to be protected, I think what he wants is just referees to be fair,’ Vieira said. ‘Maybe the next one we’ll be going with a back five and a back four and try not to concede a goal.' So going behind after just five minutes was not an ideal start. There is no such thing as a must-win game in August. It was a frantic start to the game and with both teams looking dangerous in the opening stages but it was the visitors who broke the deadlock after just five minutes. But Patrick Vieira has built a resilient team at Selhurst Park. Zaha was at the heart of every attacking move and linked up with the impressive Eberechi Eze to give the Villa defence a torrid afternoon. - The winger was a handful for the Villa defenders all afternoon, as was Eze

Crystal Palace midfielder Eberechi Eze did everything but score in Crystal Palace's entertaining 3-1 win over Aston Villa, with the No.10 putting in a ...

"In midfield I can get on the ball and be effective and it’s just a good team to play in. "I feel free and that’s what I want to continue. "It’s good to be starting and playing and enjoying my football," he said.

CRYSTAL PALACE will be eager to build on their hard fought draw against Liverpool when they welcome Aston Villa to South London on Saturday.The Eagles.

[Premier League new boys Bournemouth.](https://www.the-sun.com/sport/football/premier-league/5922516/bournemouth-aston-villa-live-stream-watch-premier-league-online/) [scraped a 2-1 win over Everton](https://www.the-sun.com/sport/5991897/aston-villa-everton-gerrard-lampard/) last weekend. [Darwin Nunez's sending off.](https://www.the-sun.com/sport/6006083/darwin-nunez-headbutt-video-red-card-joachim-andersen-liverpool/)

Crystal Palace came back to beat Aston Villa on Saturday and manager Patrick Vieira was pleased with his team's performance and highlighted Eberechi Eze.

We went through difficult periods, but we remained calm and were really determined. Today, it’s his best performance since he came back.” “I’m really pleased – really delighted,” Vieira told BBC after the match. Looking back to his best after returning to full fitness throughout last season, Vieira heaped praise on the former QPR attacker. Following an opening day defeat to Arsenal followed by a 1-1 draw against 10-man Liverpool, Palace secured their first win of the 2022/23 season. “We had a really good performance today.

The Nigeria prospect was influential as the Eagles defeated Aston Villa 3-1 in the Premier League game staged at Selhurst Park on Saturday. Article continues ...

"In midfield, I can get on the ball and be effective and it is just a good team to play in. "We were looking to be creative in and around their box and see things but unfortunately [Jeffrey Schlupp's ruled-out goal] didn’t come off. I feel free and that’s what I want to continue," Eze said as per the club's official

Having cancelled out Ollie Watkins' early opener, Wilfried Zaha had a penalty saved only to score on the follow-up before Jean-Philippe Mateta sealed a 3-1 ...

Zaha stepped up and his penalty was saved by Martínez, but he reacted sharpest to bury the rebound for his third goal of the season. Palace responded and Ayew played the ball into the path of Édouard but he dragged his effort past the post to the frustration of the home supporters. Palace again went close to taking the lead after Zaha set up Jordan Ayew, but his low shot was parried to safety by the Leon Bailey neatly flicked a long ball from Tyrone Mings into the path of Watkins and the forward swept his low strike beyond the Crystal Palace goalkeeper Vicente Guaita. From the first minute to the last we played with a lot of intensity. Wilfried Zaha remains integral to Crystal Palace’s future and the irrepressible forward struck twice to fire his team to their first win of the season.

The influential forward scored twice on Saturday afternoon at Selhurst Park.

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Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha explains how important their mentality shown against Liverpool was during their match against Aston Villa.

As long as I scored at the end of the day," he continued. "I was running and just thinking not to let the goalkeeper set himself. In football games in the Premier League, anything can happen, and just because we’ve had good results before doesn’t mean it will change or mean we’ll go over there and get a good result again.

Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha explains how important their mentality shown against Liverpool was during their match against Aston Villa.

As long as I scored at the end of the day," he continued. "I was running and just thinking not to let the goalkeeper set himself. In football games in the Premier League, anything can happen, and just because we’ve had good results before doesn’t mean it will change or mean we’ll go over there and get a good result again.

The wing-back scored the decisive goal as Palace took the spoils in a tense London derby.

“Atlanta (Primus) and Lil (Agg) hit the post, Sarah (Ewens) was in behind one on one, so I think we can take a lot of pride on the things we built. “We’ve done a lot of work with Izzie, and you saw the fruits of that today. “We’re still a work in progress, but we got a lot of things right today that we’ve been working on, so credit to the players for being able to put that across.

LONDON, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Two goals from Wilfried Zaha and a late strike by Jean-Philippe Mateta helped Crystal Palace come from behind and defeat Aston ...

"It's a step backwards on the back of last week," said Gerrard. I think the penalty is really harsh on us. "We were looking to be creative in and around their box and see things but unfortunately [Schlupp's ruled-out goal] didn't come off. [Fulham](/soccer/team?id=370)'s [Aleksandar Mitrovic](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/183209/Aleksandar-Mitrovic) and [Leeds United](/soccer/team?id=357)'s [Rodrigo](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/144639/Rodrigo) [Ollie Watkins](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/198825/Ollie-Watkins) ran on to a pass by [Leon Bailey](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/224809/Leon-Bailey) and put Villa ahead in the fifth minute for his first goal of the campaign, but a vibrant Palace did not need long to respond. [Wilfried Zaha](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/146324/Wilfried-Zaha) and a late strike by [Jean-Philippe Mateta](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/241187/Jean-Philippe-Mateta) helped [Crystal Palace](/soccer/team?id=384) come from behind and defeat [Aston Villa](/soccer/team?id=362) 3-1 at Selhurst Park on Saturday for their first win of the Premier League season.

Elsewhere Durham and Sunderland shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw, while Bristol City won 1-0 on the road at Coventry United and Birmingham City and Lewes played ...

There were chances for both sides in the second half, but in the end neither side was able to provide the killer punch and had to settle for a draw. The Blues last played in the Championship in the 2001/02 campaign, but following relegation from the Barclays FA Women’s Super League last season returned to the second tier with a draw. There was a positive for the Saints to take from the game though, with goalkeeper Kayla Rendell making a superb save to deny Addison a debut goal of her own from the spot. It was a second half largely dominated by Sheffield United, but despite Courtney Sweetman-Kirk rattling the bar at the death, Rovers were able to hold on for a valuable three points. It was the Blades who started the better of the two sides, and there was a big chance after half an hour for Chene Muir. The Addicks took the lead after Angela Addison was fouled in the box, with captain Emily Simpkins stepping up to score her first goal for Charlton since her move from Brighton and Hove Albion.