Pep Guardiola felt his Manchester City side did “absolutely everything” in an attempt to beat Crystal Palace as their goalless draw at Selhurst Park blew the Premier League title race wide open.With Liverpool coasting to victory at Brighton on Saturday, City failed to restore their six-point lead as a spirited Palace display saw them earn a deserved share of the spoils.The result lea...Full Story »

Manchester City drew a blank at Crystal Palace in a goalless draw which blows the Premier League title race wide open.With Liverpool coasting to victory at Brighton on Saturday, City failed to restore their six-point lead as a spirited Palace display saw them earn a deserved share of the spoils.The result leaves City four points clear at the summit but the reigning champions have played a game m...Full Story »

Jean-Philippe Mateta could once again start up front for Crystal Palace as they take on Premier League leaders Manchester City on Monday.The 24-year-old striker came in for his sixth league start of the campaign and scored the opener in Palace’s 2-0 win over Wolves last weekend.Defensive duo Joel Ward (groin) and Nathan Ferguson (hamstring) are set to miss out once again while James McArth...Full Story »

Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira described his side’s first-half performance in their 2-0 win at Wolves as one of their best of the season.The Eagles extended their unbeaten run away from home in 2022 to five games and earned a third consecutive victory over Wolves with an emphatic display.Goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta and Wilfried Zaha, from the penalty spot, fired Vieira’s s...Full Story »

Crystal Palace extended their unbeaten away run in 2022 to five games with a 2-0 victory over Wolves at Molineux.It is the first time since June 2020 that the Eagles have claimed consecutive league wins away from Selhurst Park, having beaten Watford 4-1 in their previous road trip.Jean-Philippe Mateta opened the scoring from close range in the 19th minute with his second goal in three games afte...Full Story »

Wolves will be without key defender Nelson Semedo for their home game against Crystal Palace after he was ruled out for at least a month.The Portugal right-back missed last Sunday’s 1-0 defeat at West Ham after being forced out of the loss at Arsenal three days earlier due to a hamstring injury.Ki-Jana Hoever and Jonny provide defensive cover. Boss Bruno Lage has no other injury concerns, ...Full Story »

Patrick Vieira warned Crystal Palace they will have to improve if they want to reach Wembley after they were made to work hard to beat Stoke 2-1 in the FA Cup fifth round.Jairo Riedewald struck the winner with eight minutes left at a rain-soaked Selhurst Park after Josh Tymon had cancelled out Cheikhou Kouyate’s 53rd-minute opener.The Eagles struggled to hit top gear throughout against the...Full Story »

Jairo Riedewald was the unlikely super-sub for Patrick Vieira after his goal eight minutes from time fired Crystal Palace to a hard-fought 2-1 win over Stoke and took them a step closer to Wembley.Cheikhou Kouyate had seen his early second-half effort for the hosts cancelled out by Josh Tymon’s close-range finish to leave the FA Cup fifth-round tie finely poised.Vieira, despite needing a w...Full Story »

Vicente Guaita is expected to return for Crystal Palace when they host Burnley in the Premier League on Saturday.The Spaniard sat out the midweek win at Watford with a minor knee issue.Boss Patrick Vieira will remain without full-backs Joel Ward (groin) and Nathan Ferguson (hamstring).Maxwel Cornet remains an injury doubt for Burnley after sitting out Wednesday’s 1-0 win over Tottenham.The...Full Story »

Patrick Vieira hailed goalscorer Wilfried Zaha’s performance as the best since he became manager of Crystal Palace, after he struck twice in a convincing 4-1 win at Watford.Palace went into the game on the back of a long winless run, but took an early lead when Jean-Philippe Mateta’s shot took a fortunate deflection off a defender and into the back of the net.Moussa Sissoko headed in...Full Story »

Crystal Palace further distanced themselves from the relegation zone with a convincing  4-1 win over struggling Watford at Vicarage Road.The Eagles had gone into the game on the back of a long winless run, but took an early lead when Jean-Philippe Mateta’s shot took a fortunate deflection off a defender and into the back of the net.Watford struck back almost immediately through Moussa...Full Story »

Watford expect Samir to be fit for Roy Hodgson’s reunion with former club Crystal Palace at Vicarage Road.Samir was forced off in the closing stages of Saturday’s 1-0 win at Aston Villa with a head injury, but boss Hodgson said there were no concussion issues and the Brazilian centre-back trained on Monday.Joao Pedro and Juraj Kucka, who missed the Villa Park victory through injury, ...Full Story »

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel admitted Romelu Lukaku’s lack of touches during the 1-0 win over Crystal Palace showed he was “obviously not involved” but insisted everybody is giving their best.The Blues lacked fluency in south London but were able to back up their Club World Cup success in Abu Dhabi last weekend with three more points in the Premier League thanks to Hakim Ziyech&r...Full Story »

Crystal Palace will be without Conor Gallagher for Saturday’s visit of Chelsea in the Premier League.The midfielder is unable to face his parent club due to the terms of his loan agreement, but the Eagles will have Will Hughes available after he recovered from a slight knock sustained in last weekend’s 0-0 draw at Brentford.Defender Nathan Ferguson (hamstring) remains the only injury...Full Story »

Christian Eriksen got the biggest cheer of the day before Brentford were held to a goalless draw by Crystal Palace.Eriksen was introduced to the Bees supporters on the pitch ahead of kick-off, eight months to the day since his cardiac arrest at Euro 2020.The Denmark international, who has signed a six-month deal with Brentford, is expected to play in a behind-closed-doors friendly next week befo...Full Story »

Brentford will assess Ivan Toney on Saturday morning ahead of the visit of Crystal Palace, after he took part in a light training session on Friday.Both Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa should be available to start after both were out with Covid and had not trained consistently recently.Christian Eriksen will not be fit to make his Premier League debut but manager Thomas Frank said the midfielder is...Full Story »

Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira hailed Wilfried Zaha’s performance in the draw with Norwich despite his second-half penalty miss, telling the forward the display should be his benchmark for the rest of the season.Zaha’s night went from the sublime to the ridiculous with a superb solo equaliser followed by an awful spot-kick as Palace came from behind to draw 1-1 at Carrow Road.Aft...Full Story »

Wilfried Zaha’s night went from the sublime to the ridiculous with a superb solo equaliser followed by an awful penalty miss as Crystal Palace came from behind to draw 1-1 at Norwich.The Canaries needed a win to move out of the Premier League relegation zone but they had to settle for a point at Carrow Road.Teemu Pukki’s first goal in over 11 and a half hours had the hosts ahead afte...Full Story »

Norwich have a doubt over forward Josh Sargent for the Premier League match against Crystal Palace.USA international Sargent dropped out of the side for the FA Cup win at Wolves after feeling unwell during the warm-up and continues to be assessed, but midfielder Lukas Rupp (hamstring) is available again.Defender Andrew Omobamidele (back) should return to contention at the weekend, while centre-h...Full Story »

Hartlepool manager Graeme Lee insisted he will be forever grateful to Crystal Palace after the Premier League club donated towards his wife’s cancer treatment on the eve of Saturday’s FA Cup fourth-round tie.First-half goals by Marc Guehi and Michael Olise helped the Eagles to a comfortable 2-0 win but the result played second fiddle to the positive relations built between the two te...Full Story »