Crystal Palace v Newcastle: Premier League – live!

Crystal Palace v Newcastle: Premier League – live!

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3.02pm

15:02

46+2 min: Yep, Mamadou Sakho will replace Kelly. It’s his return from 10 games out and he is heartily cheered.

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3.01pm
15:01

45 min: And now a chance for Cabaye! It’s Zaha, into Benteke, and then on to the onrushing Cabaye via a lovely flick. The ball just doesn’t quite sit up perfectly and, as it comes down, he has to stretch and jab it into a grateful Darlow’s midriff. Meanwhile Martin Kelly appears to have pulled up – hamstring? – and that might be him done ...

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2.59pm
14:59

44 min: Then Palace, finishing the half strongly, claim a penalty but Ritchie’s tackle on Cabaye was fine.

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2.59pm
14:59

43 min: Zaha tricks his way inside, shoots, the ball is deflected twice and Darlow has to react quickly ... parrying the ball right onto Benteke, in front of goal, who has no chance of reacting properly at that range and watches as the ball rebounds off him and wide!

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2.57pm
14:57

42 min: Darlow, who has had a good half, flies through the air to claim a dangerous Townsend cross ahead of Benteke.

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2.56pm
14:56

41 min: This is as smooth and convincing as I can remember Newcastle looking in some time. Shelvey has kept things ticking and I think Kenedy, who I last saw doing next to nothing for Chelsea in their 0-0 draw at Norwich, has made a difference too.

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2.54pm
14:54

39 min: Newcastle earn another flag kick. Shelvey outswings it but Lascelles – I think – misses his kick as he looks to volley. I cursed him, clearly.

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2.52pm
14:52

37 min: Lascelles has turned into a really good player, hasn’t he? One who could play higher up the division. He heads a Palace free-kick away, which isn’t spectacular in itself but just got me thinking.

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2.50pm
14:50

35 min: JR in Illinois corrects me about that flat, but assist-worthy, corner for Newcastle’s goal. Kenedy, not Ritchie, was the taker and I apologise to all fantasy football enthusiasts with a stake in the matter.

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2.48pm
14:48

32 min: Straight down the other end and Hennessey has to save Palace twice! First, from that erroneously given goal kick, Kenedy gets away down the left and twists inside, seeing the whites of the ‘keeper’s eyes but seeing his shot blocked superbly. The ball stays alive and falls to Perez, who curls one from 18 yards but is denied by a flying tip round the post. The corner comes to nothing, but what a decent game this is!

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2.47pm
14:47

31 min: What a chance for Zaha! It’s not quite Raheem Sterling territory but Fosu-Mensah gets behind Newcastle on the right, slides the ball across and there’s the Palace talisman to convert from 10 yards. But no! He doesn’t make a great contact and it pings off a defender and behind. Anywhere else and that’s a goal ... in the event, Newcastle are mistakenly awarded a goal kick.

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2.44pm
14:44

29 min: Kenedy holds the ball up well down by the flag and wins another Newcastle corner. Can they cause more chaos here? It’s a tantalising delivery from Shelvey but a flying Palace head bullets it away with opponents lurking.

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2.42pm
14:42

27 min: Now Palace look to respond and Zaha gets a little space down the left before checking back, a bit needlessly I thought. The ball ends up, at a couple of removes, being slashed wildly over from 30 yards by Cabaye.

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2.40pm
14:40

25 min: I think we all expected Newcastle to sit in and look for the counter today, and while they’ve hardly been Man City they’ve taken it to Palace instead and seen a lot of the ball. It’s been Palace who have had to rely on quick breaks, like that Benteke chance. In some ways, mind you I guess you could argue that these are two teams with similar approaches and Newcastle are currently executing it better.

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2.38pm
14:38

Goal! Crystal Palace 0-1 Newcastle (Diame 22)
For the way they have approached the opening quarter, Newcastle deserve this. It’s an odd one, Ritchie delivering the corner left-footed but not brilliantly. The ball seems too low but it squeezes through a crowd of players and there’s Diame, on his own at the far post, to jab home a pretty soft goal!

Diame scores the opener.
Diame scores the opener. Photograph: Joe Toth/BPI/REX/Shutterstock
Updated at 2.43pm GMT
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2.37pm
14:37

22 min: It has been loose from Palace so far, even if they should be ahead. Kenedy sees a cross-shot blocked and then Zaha tracks back exceptionally well to deny Yedlin from angle. It brings a corner, from which ...

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2.35pm
14:35

20 min: No, Fosu-Mensah is down again. Play carried on for a minute or so but he pulled up after a Newcastle move had been called offside. Looks as if he’ll continue for now, after some extensive treatment ...

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2.33pm
14:33

18 min: A few meaty challenges are flying in, the latest seeing both Kenedy and Fosu-Mensah end up in a heap. The Palace man takes it more heavily but looks to be made of strong enough stuff to continue.

Fosu-Mensah gets the tackle in on Kenedy.
Fosu-Mensah gets the tackle in on Kenedy. Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images
Updated at 2.41pm GMT
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2.31pm
14:31

16 min: Nice again from Newcastle there, Shelvey moving the ball across to Yedlin before the right-back whips in a cross that Perez volleys towards goal. Hennessey saves smartly down to his right.

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2.30pm
14:30

15 min: Just as I say all that, we have a bit of a breather with both sides playing the ball around the back – before Newcastle try and quicken things up with a direct ball from Clark to Gayle, which doesn’t quite fall for the striker.

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2.28pm
14:28

13 min: Kenedy, down the left, looks lively so far and so does this game – more so than I’d expected, to be honest. Newcastle come again and it’s Kenedy himself, on the edge of the box, who picks out Ritchie for a scuffed shot that harms nobody.

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2.27pm
14:27

11 min: A second look at that Benteke chance confirms he should do better but also necessitates credit to Dummett, whose (fair) challenge unsettled the striker as he shot.

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2.25pm
14:25

9 min: Chance for Benteke! Van Aanholt dances past Lascelles just inside his own half, weaves inside and then threads a brilliant ball through for an onside Benteke. He’s clean through and I think he should score, but Darlow is out like a whippet to block! Palace have got behind Newcastle twice now, though, even if the visitors have had more territory.

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2.22pm
14:22

7 min: Ritchie swings the ball over to a totally unmarked Kenedy at the far post. Kenedy is, I guess, kind of running around the ball so it’s not quite as easy to take on himself as you might think. He tries to nod back for the onrushing Shelvey and the ball is spirited away, but Newcastle have begun decently.

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2.21pm
14:21

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