Crystal Palace’s woes at home have continued, following a 1-0 defeat at the hands of lowly Sunderland on Monday evening.
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After a goalless first half the game sprung into life in the second 45 minutes, with both teams pushing hard for an opening goal.
The match winner came on 80 minutes when Scott Dann and his goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey got in an awful mixup and Defoe capitalised by tapping into an unguarded goal.
Sunderland move to within a point of safety, while for Palace it was a wasted opportunity to climb up to sixth on the table.
Here is some of the best reaction from Twitter:
There are games where Zaha and Bolasie look like world beaters and there are days when they look shite …. #cpfc
— Sport Uncovered (@SportUnc) November 23, 2015
Wickham can’t play again. What a useless player #CPFC — Max Savage (@Maxyboy101) November 23, 2015
Goal! Defoe pounces on some catastrophic Crystal Palace defending to give Sunderland a priceless lead! #SAFC #CPFC https://t.co/eCNP9FCrb2
— BeanBagSports (@BeanBagSports) November 23, 2015
150 – Sam Allardyce has now won 150 Premier League games as a manager. Canny. — OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) November 23, 2015
Don’t know if it’s season defining or just another false #SAFC dawn, but good lord that’s a big result. Ugly. Nippy. Priceless.
— Simon O’Rourke (@sorourkeITV) November 23, 2015
Getting real tired of Sunderland always finding a way to stay up tbh with you — James Thornton (@JThorn26) November 23, 2015
They’re rubbish, but bet Allardyce keeps Sunderland up pic.twitter.com/c8hcwAC9fb
— Jacob Steinberg (@JacobSteinberg) November 23, 2015
Jermain Defoe has now scored 132 goals in Premier League history, 11th on the all time list of scorers. pic.twitter.com/V9N9LJ0v7D — Squawka Football (@Squawka) November 23, 2015
7 – Jermain Defoe has now hit seven goals in his nine starts for Sunderland in all competitions this season. Touch.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) November 23, 2015
Sunderland life cycle: 1. Start poorly 2. Get rid of manager 3. Improve 4. Stay Up 5. Repeat Works every time. pic.twitter.com/GZVjc7gvNb — BreatheSport (@BreatheSport) November 23, 2015
Dann getting the blame but what about Bolasie losing it in the first place. Terrible performance just getting what we deserve #cpfc — Carl Tushingham (@Tushydog) November 23, 2015
Hey, Zaha! Stop it and you stop it now! #CPFC https://t.co/vboOI8wPuT — JD Football (@JDFootball) November 23, 2015
I’m gonna be super pissed when Sunderland undeservedly escape relegation again
— Kevin De Greyne (@spacemnkymafia) November 23, 2015
Still think swapping Glen Murray for Connor Wickham has to be one of the worst deals of all time by #CPFC #afcb pic.twitter.com/GvmFrXsaP9
— Jack Kinnersley (@KinnersleyJ) November 23, 2015
Sam’s thoughts on calls for Scott Dann to get in the England squad. pic.twitter.com/BNUWRy8bzX
— Wise Men Say Podcast (@WiseMenSayPod) November 23, 2015
As for Alan Pardew, always did struggle against #safc didn’t he. He’s a counter attacking manager, less impressive when his teams can’t
— Luke Edwards (@LukeEdwardsTele) November 23, 2015
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