West Brom 1 Crystal Palace 5: Eagles batter ten-man Baggies as Zaha and Benteke score twice to keep hosts in drop zone
CRYSTAL PALACE piled the pressure on West Brom by trouncing the ten-man Baggies at The Hawthorns.
Roy Hodgson’s side took an eighth minute lead, when Darnell Furlong unfortunately turned into his own net.
Slaven Bilic’s men did rally, however, culminating in impressive Chelsea loanee Conor Gallagher finding an equaliser on the half hour mark.
But the match turned just four minutes later, when Matheus Pereira was sent off for a kick out at Patrick van Aanholt, following a lengthy VAR check.
It only took ten minutes of the second half , however, for Wilfried Zaha to regain the lead for Palace.
And Christian Benteke marked his first start of the season with a rare goal, when he tucked away van Aanholt’s 59th minute centre.
Zaha then grabbed his second, prodding home after an impressive run into the box by Ebere Eze.
Benteke then added a fifth late on, swivelling in the box before unleashing a low, left-footed drive past Sam Johnstone.
The result leaves West Brom languishing in 18th, while Palace rise to 12th – seven points above their conquered opponents.
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