James Tomkins’ header in the 9th minute, followed by a goal from Scott Dann two minutes later, allowed the hosts to take control of the match early on.
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James McArthur’s deflected goal made it three in the 71st minute, with his shot striking hapless Potters defender Geoff Cameron.
The Welshman reacted angrily to two decisions he felt went against the home side – a booking for Marko Arnautovic and what he thought was a foul on Jon Walters.
“The start didn’t help our situation, it has been happening in nearly every game”. We have got to stick together and, hopefully, come through it. When you lost in the manner we did you can’t say anything. At the moment we’re just chasing games.
“He has told us in no uncertain terms it is not on and it has got to change and there are a lot of places up for grabs”. It’s not like us.
Kelly retained his place in Pardew’s starting XI after a auto crash left Pape Souare with jaw and thigh injuries that are expected to rule him out for the coming six months, and Townsend said: ‘It has been a hard week. You have hard periods and you come through it. Let’s get some wins on the board, aim for the magic 40 points and go from there.
Townsend reflected on the good mood around the club after Palace picked up their first win of the season in their previous game against Middlesbrough. Let us know by dropping a comment below via our Facebook comment box.
An all-too-brief second-half improvement by the visitors was insufficient to add to the single point they have gained so far, leaving them bottom of the Premier League pile. He is a very motivated person and I’m sure he will get back out there’.
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Pardew indicated that the performance was one that he had been waiting for, saying: “In the last 10 games we’ve been pretty solid”. Hughes has spoken of his frustration at not having had a settled back four, and they again frequently looked disorganised.
