With a combined age of 138 and 34 managerial posts spread across four continents between them, Roy Hodgson and Marcelo Bielsa have both seen it all before. But despite that wealth of experience in the dugout, this encounter was the first time that the two men had ever even met and it was certainly worth the wait.
An inspirational performance from Eberechi Eze ensured that Crystal Palace moved up to sixth spot as Leeds suffered a second successive 4-1 defeat, although Bielsa must still be wondering why Patrick Bamford’s first-half equaliser was disallowed for offside. But having seen his side fall behind to Scott Dann’s early header, the former Argentina manager will know his defenders made things too easy for their opponents thereafter as Eze’s superb free-kick, a bizarre own goal and Jordan Ayew’s first of the season sealed victory for the hosts. “They scored at the moments when we looked like we would score,” Bielsa reflected afterwards.
Written by Ed Aarons at Selhurst Park
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/nov/07/crystal-palace-leeds-premier-league-match-report under the title “Eberechi Eze inspires Crystal Palace rout of Leeds after VAR denies Bamford”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
