Crystal Palace vs Southampton LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Crystal Palace edged bottom-placed Southampton 2-1 at Selhurst Park on Sunday, securing their second home win in the Premier League thanks to goals from Eberechi Eze and Trevor Chalobah.
The victory lifted Palace one place in the standings to 15th, while Southampton remained winless under new manager Ivan Juric, suffering a second consecutive defeat following their 1-0 Boxing Day loss to West Ham United.
Southampton had the more energetic start and took the lead in the 14th minute after Kyle Walker-Peters skipped past Daniel Munoz and his cross found Adam Armstrong, who set up Tyler Dibling for a simple tap-in.
Palace pressed hard for an equaliser and made it 1-1 in the 31st minute when Trevor Chalobah headed in from a corner before Eze sealed the three points for the home side with a strike from the edge of the box.
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CLOSE! How have Palace not gone ahead there!? Mateta dummied a low cross into the box to allow the ball to roll towards Munoz, who was behind him. The right-back seemed surprised to see the ball and flapped at the shot, missing the target from only a yard or two out!
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From the resulting corner, the ball fell to Lerma on the left side of the box, and as it was dropping the Colombian attempted an overhead kick! What a great watch this has been so far!
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HUGE CHANCE! Sarr fails to put Palace ahead! He showed off his electric pace as he broke in behind with only Ramsdale to beat, but his side-footed finish couldn’t beat the England international. What a save!
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What a response that is from Palace to going behind. They were putting on immense pressure in the lead-up to the goal, and Southampton will have felt that it was coming.
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The goal is given, and the onfield decision of no foul stands. 1-1!
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A part of Mateta’s game that he has massively improved upon is his hold-up play. Playing as a lone striker would have helped with this improvement, but he is now looking like a top player.
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Palace are finding their rhythm once again, and the home crowd are really getting behind their team. Southampton have begun to commit silly fouls, which is riling up the supporters.
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