{"id":383938,"date":"2017-12-16T16:11:23","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T16:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=383938"},"modified":"2017-12-16T16:11:23","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T16:11:23","slug":"crystal-palace-drop-zone-win-leicester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=383938","title":{"rendered":"Crystal Palace out of drop zone with win at Leicester"},"content":{"rendered":"

Crystal Palace climbed out of the Premier League relegation zone as they outplayed Claude Puel’s resurgent Leicester to seal a rare away win.<\/p>\n

Christian Benteke cost Palace victory when he missed an injury-time penalty he\u00a0was not supposed to take\u00a0last weekend, but the striker redeemed himself with a first-half header from Andros Townsend’s cross – his first goal of the campaign.<\/p>\n

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Palace had failed to score in their past 10 league away games, but Roy Hodgson’s organised and adventurous team added a second before the break when Benteke’s strong run and pass set up Wilfried Zaha for a brilliant individual finish.<\/p>\n

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Leicester only tested goalkeeper Julian Speroni when they rallied in the second half – the Argentine reacting superbly to reach Riyad Mahrez’s angled low drive with a strong palm.<\/p>\n

And any potential comeback was hamstrung when Wilfred Ndidi was sent off on his birthday less than a minute after Vicente Iborra’s header was correctly disallowed for a foul.<\/p>\n

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Ndidi – who turns 21 today – was shown a second yellow card for simulation in the penalty box with just under half an hour to play.<\/p>\n

Palace had a much more legitimate penalty shout when Benteke was crumpled in the area by Marc Albrighton’s sliding tackle from behind, but the referee waved away appeals for a chance to add extra gloss on an impressive away performance.<\/p>\n

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Bakary Sako eventually provided it – tucking away Ruben Loftus-Cheek’s pass across goal to round off a 94th-minute counter-attack.<\/p>\n

The Foxes, who so impressively dismantled Puel’s former club\u00a0Southampton in midweek,\u00a0remain eighth in the table, while Palace rise four places to 14th – though the teams below them are yet to play this weekend.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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