Two goals from Troy Deeney extended Palace’s winless streak
to nine matches. Palace’s goal was scored by Palace debutant Emanuel Adebayeur but
Palace lacked a cutting edge in the midfield as Watford dominated with Agallo
and Deeney up front.
Early pressure from Deeney and Agallo pushed Palace back and
truly tested the Palace backline.
After Deeney scored for Watford, the Eagles
equalised via Emanuel Adebayeur who scored on his debut. Yet in the second half
Watford regained their control and when Troy Deeney scored his and Watford’s
second and winning goal. Palace had no response from this point on. With Conner
Wickham wasteful and Papis Soure needlessly sent off and given a three match
ban the eagles were truly having a disastrous day.
So with Watford pretty now in 8th place Palace
are forced to face up to a lack of balance in the squad and poor tactical intelligence
amongst the squad. A key issue that Pardew needs to improve on.
The Eagles are
forced to move on to an FA Cup 5th round tie Vs Tottenham Hotspurs
at White Hart Lane, and then a league game against former boss Tony Pulis and
WBA.
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