Crystal Palace vs Leeds United LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Follow all the action from Selhurst Park as Leeds and Crystal Palace both try to end recent winless slumps
Eberechi Eze’s fine late winner earned Crystal Palace a 2-1 comeback victory over Leeds United in the Premier League on Sunday.
The visitors raced into an early lead through Pascal Struijk, reacting first after Brenden Aaronson’s stunning run and shot had come out off the post.
Leeds striker Patrick Bamford, starting his first match since August, missed a glorious opportunity to double the visitors’ lead, wastefulness that proved costly when Palace levelled through Odsonne Edouard’s header in the 24th minute.
Palace were much the better side in the second half but struggled to break down a resolute Leeds, until Eze picked the ball on the edge of the penalty area, threw a dummy and rifled an 76th-minute winner into the net.
The away side kept coming but could not make their pressure pay, and Palace moved out of the relegation zone and up to 15th in the table, level on nine points with Leeds one place above them.
Crystal Palace vs Leeds United
LEEDS UNITED SUBS: Sam Greenwood, Crysencio Summerville, Luke Ayling, Joe Gelhardt, Mateusz Klich, Darko Gyabi, Wilfried Gnonto, Diego Llorente, Kristoffer Klaesson.
Crystal Palace vs Leeds United
LEEDS UNITED STARTING XI (4-2-3-1): Illan Meslier; Rasmus Kristensen, Robin Koch, Liam Cooper, Pascal Struijk; Tyler Adams, Marc Roca; Brenden Aaronson, Rodrigo Moreno, Jack Harrison; Patrick Bamford.
Crystal Palace vs Leeds United
CRYSTAL PALACE SUBS: Luka Milivojevic, Jairo Riedewald, Will Hughes, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Tyrick Mitchell, John-Kymani Gordon, Sam Johnstone, James Tomkins, Malcolm Ebiowei.
Crystal Palace vs Leeds United
CRYSTAL PALACE STARTING XI (4-3-3): Vicente Guaita; Joel Ward, Joachim Andersen, Marc Guehi, Jeffrey Schlupp; Michael Olise, Cheick Doucoure, Eberechi Eze; Jordan Ayew, Odsonne Edouard, Wilfried Zaha.
Crystal Palace vs Leeds United
Both sides come into this game looking to end their four-match winless runs in the Premier League. Palace sit just above the relegation zone, and their only win in the competition so far came in mid-August against Aston Villa, and they narrowly missed out on collecting a point against Chelsea due to their late winner last time out. As for Leeds, their win against Chelsea on the same weekend marked their last victory in the league. They kept a much-needed clean sheet last time out though in a goalless draw against Aston Villa following a 5-2 defeat to Brentford.
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