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Crystal Palace person scored 7 goals successful Roy Hodgson's 2 games since helium returned to the clubCrystal Palace staged a singular second-half turnaround to springiness a important boost to their Premier League endurance hopes and permission stunned Leeds with plentifulness of enactment to bash successful their ain bid to debar relegation.
The Eagles scored 4 goals aft the interruption with Jordan Ayew - successful for the injured Wilfried Zaha - scoring 2 successful an unthinkable demolition of the location side.
Such a triumph looked hugely improbable aft Patrick Bamford's 50th extremity for the nine gave Leeds the reward their aboriginal dominance deserved.
But from past connected it each went downhill arsenic Marc Guehi flicked successful an equaliser connected the changeable of half-time earlier Palace scored 2 goals successful 2 minutes soon aft the break.
First, Ayew made it 2-1 with an fantabulous header earlier Eberechi Eze added a speedy third, poking successful from Michael Olise's pass.
Odsonne Edouard drove a 4th into the bottommost country pursuing a speedy antagonistic and Ayew completed the rout precocious connected erstwhile helium lifted a changeable implicit Illan Meslier, prompting galore Leeds fans to leave.
The stunning triumph moves Crystal Palace up to 12th successful the Premier League, six points wide of the relegation zone, portion Leeds are 16th, conscionable 2 points supra the drop.
Palace proceed revival nether Hodgson
Eyebrows were raised erstwhile Palace turned to their erstwhile manager Hodgson astatine the extremity of past month, pursuing a agelong winless tally nether Patrick Vieira that had enactment them successful information of relegation.
The 75-year-old near the nine astatine the extremity of the 2020-21 play but agreed to travel retired of status to assistance his boyhood nine 1 last time.
His interaction has been instant and thing abbreviated of incredible.
In his archetypal crippled backmost Palace bushed Leicester 2-1, peppering the Foxes' extremity with 31 shots, and they followed that up with this awesome demolition of Leeds.
For 45 minutes it looked incredibly improbable but, aft riding their luck, they produced a objective show successful the 2nd half, taking their chances arsenic Leeds imploded.
Back-to-back wins means Palace are already apt retired of the relegation conflict and it has taken Hodgson a small implicit 2 weeks to efficaciously implicit the occupation helium was brought successful for.
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Leeds United
Squad number1Player nameMeslier
Squad number2Player nameAyling
Squad number5Player nameKoch
Squad number21Player nameStruijk
Squad number3Player nameFirpo
Squad number28Player nameMcKennie
Squad number8Player nameRoca
Squad number11Player nameHarrison
Squad number7Player nameAaronson
Squad number23Player nameSinisterra
Squad number9Player nameBamford
Squad number19Player nameRodrigo
Squad number24Player nameRutter
Squad number25Player nameKristensen
Squad number29Player nameGnonto
Crystal Palace
Squad number21Player nameJohnstone
Squad number2Player nameWard
Squad number16Player nameAndersen
Squad number6Player nameGuéhi
Squad number3Player nameMitchell
Squad number10Player nameEze
Squad number28Player nameDoucouré
Squad number15Player nameSchlupp
Squad number7Player nameOlise
Squad number22Player nameÉdouard
Squad number9Player nameJ Ayew
Squad number4Player nameMilivojevic
Squad number14Player nameMateta
Squad number17Player nameClyne
Squad number18Player nameMcArthur
Squad number19Player nameHughes
Line-ups
Leeds
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Meslier
- 2Ayling
- 5Koch
- 21Struijk
- 3FirpoBooked astatine 44minsSubstituted forKristensenat 60'minutes
- 28McKennieBooked astatine 86mins
- 8Roca
- 11Harrison
- 7AaronsonSubstituted forGnontoat 60'minutesBooked astatine 90mins
- 23SinisterraSubstituted forRodrigoat 60'minutes
- 9BamfordSubstituted forRutterat 79'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Forshaw
- 6Cooper
- 10Summerville
- 19Rodrigo
- 22Robles
- 24Rutter
- 25Kristensen
- 29Gnonto
- 42Greenwood
Crystal Palace
Formation 4-3-3
- 21Johnstone
- 2WardBooked astatine 50minsSubstituted forClyneat 87'minutes
- 16Andersen
- 6Guéhi
- 3Mitchell
- 10Eze
- 28DoucouréSubstituted forMilivojevicat 80'minutes
- 15SchluppSubstituted forMcArthurat 80'minutes
- 7Olise
- 22ÉdouardSubstituted forHughesat 74'minutes
- 9J AyewSubstituted forMatetaat 80'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Milivojevic
- 5Tomkins
- 8Sambi Lokonga
- 14Mateta
- 17Clyne
- 18McArthur
- 19Hughes
- 41Whitworth
- 44Riedewald
Referee:Simon Hooper
Attendance:36,427
Live Text
Match ends, Leeds United 1, Crystal Palace 5.
Second Half ends, Leeds United 1, Crystal Palace 5.
Delay over. They are acceptable to continue.
Delay successful lucifer due to the fact that of an wounded Weston McKennie (Leeds United).
Foul by Tyrick Mitchell (Crystal Palace).
Jack Harrison (Leeds United) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
James McArthur (Crystal Palace) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Foul by Wilfried Gnonto (Leeds United).
Wilfried Gnonto (Leeds United) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
Michael Olise (Crystal Palace) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Foul by Wilfried Gnonto (Leeds United).
Attempt missed. Michael Olise (Crystal Palace) close footed changeable from a hard space connected the close is conscionable a spot excessively high. Assisted by Joachim Andersen.
Substitution, Crystal Palace. Nathaniel Clyne replaces Joel Ward.
Weston McKennie (Leeds United) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
Foul by Weston McKennie (Leeds United).
Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) wins a escaped footwear connected the near wing.
Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jean-Philippe Mateta replaces Jordan Ayew.
Substitution, Crystal Palace. Luka Milivojevic replaces Cheick Doucouré.
Substitution, Crystal Palace. James McArthur replaces Jeffrey Schlupp.
Substitution, Leeds United. Georginio Rutter replaces Patrick Bamford.
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