Monday January 2, 2012 Day 25 Finished Selhurst Park
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Live Commentary
Time:90'- Crystal Palace
- Leicester City
90+4' Ambrose with a good ball in and Jedinak heads the ball back across towards Easter, but Schmeichel gets there before Easter and that is the last action of the game.- 90+1' Four minutes of injury timel. Parr puts in a really good ball and Easter gets over the defenders, but he puts the header over the bar.
- 89' A goodot from Jedinak; powerful but straight at Schmeichel who makes the save. Time running out quickly now.
87' Steve Howard is slagging off the assistant referee and is quite rightly sent off! A 35 year old should really know better.- 86' The ball breaks for Garvan on the edge of the box and Abe blocks though he didn't really see much of it.
85' Easter is put through after yet another wonderful pass from Garvan. First time from the edge of the bax and Scmeichel with a fantastic save.
83' Bamba is giving the referee all sorts of abuse and he picks up a yellow card for his troubles. Foolish.- 79' Garvan elects to pass rather than shoot. Another good ball into Zaha, who should really cross first time, but he takes way too long and bobbles a weak ball straight through to Schmeichel.
- 77' A corner given, though Howard looked to be offside. Kennedy whips is in, but a powerful Martin header gets it away.
- 76' Decent ball in from Ambrose causes a few problems, but Howard heads clear with Leicester defending en masse now.
75' Leicester substitutions: Howard is on for Nugent and Beckford comes on for Schlupp.- 74' Martin tries to get his shot in from the edge of the area, but it's blocked. No corner because the linesman has flagged for offside, though the referee took until the corner was ready to be taken before he noticed.
- 73' The referee gives the drop ball for no good reason, so Palace don't contest it. Ambrose with a glimpse at goal, but Bamba is quickly across to twice prevent him getting in a shot.
- 72' Palace substitution: Martin and Easter are on for Scannel and Murray.
- 71' Zaha wins the ball back off Bamba, gives to Clyne, but when he gets it back he makes rather a mess of it.
- 70' Zaha beats Kennedy to the ball as he drives towards goal, but Mills is covering and Zaha shows too much of the ball.
- 68' The play opens up for Zaha. A decent enough shot and not a brilliant save as he palms it out in front of him, but luckily for Leicester there's no lurking attacker to put it away.
- 66' Zaha with another step over, but he shows too much of it to Bamba who takes the ball. The been too little end product from Zaha so far today.
- 65' The shot comes in from Schlupp acrobatically and it's not far wide. A decent effort from the best player on th pitch.
- 63' Kennedy comes across to take the corner and it's headed clear. Zaha picks it up and Palace work it into the area. The ball comes back to Zaha and he's again crowded out by a mass of Leicester bodies.
- 62' Forward from Ambrose, but it's straight through to Schmeichel. Leicester reply and there's a shot from distance that's comfortably off target.
- 61' Garvan out to Zaha on the wing, who's twisting and turning. Back to Garvan and his cross is poor. Palace still on the attack though through Jedinak.
- 60' Abe hits a terrible shot from 25 yards as he tries to curl one into the top corner. He hits his head in frustration.
- 59' Poor pass from Jedinak and Parr is left exposed as Dyer runs forward at pace. It comes to nothing though and Palace hit back...
- 57' Palace's first corner of the half, but Kennedy gets it clear for Leicester with ease.
- 56' Parr with a great run down the wing, but Scannel with a woeful pass goes straight through to Schmeichel.
- 55' Garvan with a cracking effort, but it's always swerving away from goal. Palace have just brought on Ambrose for O'Keefe to beef up their forward line.
- 54' Zaha chases the ball with Kennedy at his side and it's the Leicester player that wins the battle. Murray picks the ball up though and puts it between the defender's legs and shoots for the far post, missing by inches!
- 53' Another poor goal kick from Schmeichel. He's been poor with the ball at his feet so far today.
- 51' O'Keefe is put under pressure by Danns and the referee blows for a foul after the Palace player pushes Danns to try to retrieve the ball.
- 50' Nugent is almost through, but Ramage comes across to block his path and Price comes out wuickly to claim.
- 49' Another poor kick, this time from Price as he scuffs the clearance, and it almost falls to a Leicester player.
- 48' A clearance straight into touch from Scmeichel. There's been a few poor clearances from the goalkeepers today.
- 47' Palace give it away to Abe, one for Nugent, to Dyer who can run at the defence. A terrible cross from Abe evades all his teammates in the box and Zaha can bring it away.
46' Leicester City substitution: Lloyd Dyer is on for Tunchev at the start of this second half. Strange one; a pacy winger for a centre half with them leading...- 45+1' Garvan with a lovely through ball for Murray who is one on one. He lets the ball run across his body and tries to stick it low at the near post, but Schmeichel with another good block. And that's the last action of the half.
- 45' Chace between Murray and Bamba, who wins the race, but tries to be too clever as he backheels straight out for a throw in.
- 43' Zaha comes forward again and every time he does so he surrounded by about three men. A silly foul on Parr as Palace are suddenly right back on top.
41' Goal! Palace 1-2 Leicester - No nonsense clearance from Mills. Palace are right back at them though and Garvan lays off for Parr, who on the edge of the area curls a classy finish into the top corner!- 39' Palace are looking ragged after a good start. It's going to be a long way back from here and Leicester are dominating.
- 37' GOAL! The freekick comes in and there's a flick on at the near post. Bamba puts it back across goal and Price almost keeps it out, but it's in. Not sure whether that will be judged Bamba's goal or an own goal.
- 37' A freekick on the far side for Leicester after Schlupp is fouled...
- 36' Schlupp runs at the defence and it takes a last ditch challenge from Ramage to stop him getting into the area.
- 35' Jedinak plays to Clyne who is on the overlap. Tunchev gets the ball, but then gives it away in a dangerous positon. Zaha squares to Murray, who squares to O'Keefe, but the chance goes begging when in a very good position.
- 34' Not a lot happening at the moment. Murray fouls Tunchev and the freekick is punted forward, but it goes out for a goalkick.
- 32' Almost breaks for Scannel, but once again Mills is there to clear the danger. The ball breaks for Zaha, but the whistle has gone already for a foul as it ends up in the back of the net.
- 30' O'Keefe gets the pass forward, Tunchev heads away. It's the defender's first game against his former club and so far he's performed very well.
- 29' A bit of space in front of Clyne to run onto, and he looks to find Scannel, but the ball isn't great and the defender lets it run through to Schmeichel.
- 27' Schmeichel slips at the last minute and his kick goes straight to Jedinak. His delivery is very poor though and the chance is gone.
- 26' Zaha takes on Tunchev, who replies with a shoulder charge just to remind him who's boss, but it's a foul.
- 25' O'Keefe tries to get the ball to Zaha, and a left footed shot from the youngster goes well over the bar.
- 24' Murray one on one against the keeper, but Schmeichel is out well to block and Bamba has the confidence to take it out of the area.
- 23' Leicester are just stroking the ball around at the moment, Mills plays a sweeping ball out to King, who plays it back inside.
- 21' Murray looks to work the ball into the area, but it's blocked and it's a Palace throw.
- 20' Goal! Crystal Palace 0-1 Leicester - A comedy goal! Price hits the goal kick against the head of Murray and the ball falls to Danns, who still has a lot to do, but his effort is perfect.
- 19' Another corner for Leicester after more good play from Schlupp. It's catching practice for Price though.
- 17' Ramage gets above Nugent to clear away, and Mills hits it long.
- 16' Schlupp has been Leicester's best player so far and he almost gets in behind again. Murray nicks the ball in the area and waits for options to come into the box. It's a weak cross, but there was a hand there and that could well have been a penalty.
- 15' A good stop from Price from Bamba's header, but it wouldn't have counted because there was a foul in the build up.
- 14' Schlupp swivels on the edge of the six yard box to get is shot away, but it's deflected out for another corner.
- 13' Danns takes the corner in towards Nugent, but it's cleared easily and it eventually goes out for a goal kick.
- 12' Schlupp takes on Parr, plays it on for Abe and Leicester have the first corner kick of the game.
- 10' Leicester are on the back foot right now and struggling to get any meaningful possession. Zaha with more nice skill, and it's a Palace throw.
- 9' Murray is almost in after a great ball over the top, but his lack of pace shows as Mills gets back to clear the danger.
- 7' Zaha looks to be impeded as he runs on to the flick on, but the referee thinks he runs into the back of Bamba.
- 6' Great run by Clyne into the are and he puts it in, Scannel with an air kick, but the ball comes out to Garvan and his shot goes wide of the post.
- 5' Big buzz around the ground as Zaha picks it up following good play by O'Keefe and Clyne.
- 3' An overhead kick into the area by Scannel causes some confusion, but Schmeichel takes care of the danger.
2' Murray wins the duel against Bamba, but Nugent picks it up for Leicester, though the attack comes to nothing.- - A win today for Palace could take them temporarily into the play-off places, at least temporarily. Leicester much the same still have pretensions at promotion.
- - CRYSTAL PALACE: Price, Parr, Keinan, Ramage, Clyne, Zaha, O'Keefe, Jedinak, Garvan, Scannell, Murray... Subs: Fitzsimons, Ambrose, Dikgacoi, Easter, Martin. /// LEICESTER: Schmeichel, Mills, Bamba, Tunchev, Moore, King, Abe, Danns, Kennedy, Schlupp, Nugent... Subs: Weale, Gallagher, Howard, Dyer, Beckford... Referee: James Linington (Isle of Wight)
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Summary
- 87' Steve Howard is slagging off the assistant referee and is quite rightly sent off! A 35 year old should really know better.
- 85' Easter is put through after yet another wonderful pass from Garvan. First time from the edge of the bax and Scmeichel with a fantastic save.
- 68' The play opens up for Zaha. A decent enough shot and not a brilliant save as he palms it out in front of him, but luckily for Leicester there's no lurking attacker to put it away.
- 65' The shot comes in from Schlupp acrobatically and it's not far wide. A decent effort from the best player on th pitch.
- 54' Zaha chases the ball with Kennedy at his side and it's the Leicester player that wins the battle. Murray picks the ball up though and puts it between the defender's legs and shoots for the far post, missing by inches!
- 41' Goal! Palace 1-2 Leicester - No nonsense clearance from Mills. Palace are right back at them though and Garvan lays off for Parr, who on the edge of the area curls a classy finish into the top corner!
- 37' GOAL! The freekick comes in and there's a flick on at the near post. Bamba puts it back across goal and Price almost keeps it out, but it's in. Not sure whether that will be judged Bamba's goal or an own goal.
- 24' Murray one on one against the keeper, but Schmeichel is out well to block and Bamba has the confidence to take it out of the area.
- 20' Goal! Crystal Palace 0-1 Leicester - A comedy goal! Price hits the goal kick against the head of Murray and the ball falls to Danns, who still has a lot to do, but his effort is perfect.
- 16' Schlupp has been Leicester's best player so far and he almost gets in behind again. Murray nicks the ball in the area and waits for options to come into the box. It's a weak cross, but there was a hand there and that could well have been a penalty.
- - CRYSTAL PALACE: Price, Parr, Keinan, Ramage, Clyne, Zaha, O'Keefe, Jedinak, Garvan, Scannell, Murray... Subs: Fitzsimons, Ambrose, Dikgacoi, Easter, Martin. /// LEICESTER: Schmeichel, Mills, Bamba, Tunchev, Moore, King, Abe, Danns, Kennedy, Schlupp, Nugent... Subs: Weale, Gallagher, Howard, Dyer, Beckford... Referee: James Linington (Isle of Wight)
Team Line-up & Ratings
Crystal PalaceManager: Dougie Freedman
Leicester CityManager: Nigel Pearson
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Line-up
Live Team Line-Up
Starting line-up
- L. Price
- J. Parr
- P. Ramage
- D. Keinan
- N. Clyne
- S. O'Keefe
- O. Garvan
- W. Zaha
- M. Jedinak
- S. Scannell
- G. Murray
Subs
- D. Ambrose
54′ - K. Dikgacoi
- J. Easter 72′
- C. Martin 72′
- R. Fitzsimmons
Starting line-up
- K. Schmeichel
- M. Mills
- S. Bamba
- A. Tunchev
- L. Moore
- Y. Abe
- A. King
- N. Danns
- J. Schlupp
- D. Nugent
- T. Kennedy
Subs
- L. Dyer 45′
- P. Gallagher
- S. Howard 75′
- C. Weale
- J. Beckford 76′
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