Christian Benteke finally ended his goal drought with a little help from Jordan Pickford, but it wasn’t enough to prevent Everton taking the points.
Andy Hunter was at Goodison Park for the Guardian and this is how he saw the home side’s victory unfold.
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Roy Hodgson speaks: It should go without saying that the Crystal Palace manager is as downbeat as you might expect. “It was a cruel defeat in many ways,” he tells BT Sport’s Des Kelly. “The first 25 minutes was tame from both teams, but towards the end of the half we showed more confidence and got on the ball better.
“The way we started the second was half really good and the equaliser was a result of the control we had,” he continues. “The second goal came when we were pushing and all of a sudden the [Calvert-Lewin] flick puts Richarlison through on a 40 or 50-yard run and we found ourselves fighting to get back another equaliser – we hit the crossbar, the keeper made a fantastic save.
Written by Barry Glendenning
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2020/feb/08/everton-v-crystal-palace-premier-league-live under the title “Everton v Crystal Palace: Premier League – as it happened”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
