{"id":338563,"date":"2017-07-22T16:14:19","date_gmt":"2017-07-22T16:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=338563"},"modified":"2017-07-22T16:14:19","modified_gmt":"2017-07-22T16:14:19","slug":"wba-tried-to-injure-zaha-crystal-palace-boss-frank-de-boer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/wba-tried-to-injure-zaha-crystal-palace-boss-frank-de-boer\/","title":{"rendered":"WBA tried to injure Zaha – Crystal Palace boss Frank de Boer"},"content":{"rendered":"
Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha was the victim of rough treatment by West Brom players during Saturday’s pre-season friendly, according to Eagles boss Frank de Boer.<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old faced strong tackles, particularly from defender Allan Nyom, during Palace’s 2-0 win in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n
“They were looking for him, to injure him,” said De Boer.<\/p>\n
“He’s one of the exciting players in the league. I don’t want to think he’d be out for two weeks or months.”<\/p>\n
Although De Boer – who was named Palace boss last month – did not mention Nyom by name, he appeared to accuse the Cameroon right-back.<\/p>\n
“The first challenge should have been a yellow card, then he knows he can’t do another challenge.<\/p>\n
“If we want to sell the Premier League product, we have to do it well.”<\/p>\n
Baggies boss Tony Pulis was also asked about the strong tackles on Ivory Coast international Zaha.<\/p>\n
He said: “I thought it was a competitive game, a good game.<\/p>\n
“Allan likes defending. He got there as quick as he could, but not quick enough. There wasn’t any malice in it.”<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha was the victim of rough treatment by West Brom players during Saturday’s pre-season friendly, according to Eagles boss Frank de Boer. The 24-year-old faced strong tackles, particularly from defender Allan Nyom, during Palace’s 2-0 win in Hong Kong. “They were looking for him, to injure him,” said De Boer. “He’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n