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Crystal Palace fell way short against Burnley in what was a very important bottom half clash in the Premier League. The Eagles were hit with early goals in both halves and failed to recover from that.
Johann Gudmundsson and Jay Rodriguez put Burnley clear within 10 minutes before Matthew Lowton sealed the deal just after half time with a third. Here are the Crystal Palace players rated from the game.
Could do nothing to prevent the early goals. Was not tested much thereafter.
Tried to provide some impetus down the right and delivered some dangerous crosses.
Nervy initial moments in the game. Was often dragged out of position by the Burnley forwards.
Did little to help out Van Aanholt, who had a torrid time. Had a bad game and looked out of sorts.
Made an absolute mess for the first goal and failed to clear the ball. One of his worst showing in a Palace shirt.
Struggled to impose himself on the game and control proceedings from the middle of the park.
Tried to move his side forward with his forward passes. Was a very effective outlet in midfield.
Cut in on quite a few occasions but couldn’t do any sort of damage in the final third.
Showed intent with some dribbles occasionally but produced nothing effective.
He was absolutely invisible through his time on the pitch. Rightly hooked off for Andros Townsend.
Had a quiet game but with poor service. Benteke could hardly affect proceedings. Held up the ball on a few instances but wasn’t much of a threat.
Was a lively presence in the minutes that he got.
The new man will be pushing for a start after just a decent cameo in this one.