An unmarked Wissa connected with Vitaly Janelt’s cross (88) to cancel out Wilfried Zaha’s (59) earlier wonder and a late Brentford attack almost saw them take all three points back in west London as Rico Henry and Ben Mee came close to scoring in stoppage-time. Zaha put transfer speculation linking him to Chelsea and Arsenal to rest as he returned to the starting line-up after a leg injury kept him out of Saturday’s 4-2 defeat at Manchester City and produced a moment of magic to break the deadlock with a Brentford manager Thomas Frank called the attack incredible. “I think today we needed something special to score and Wilfried did it,” Palace manager Patrick Vieira said. “It has never crossed my mind [that he would leave]. Nothing has come from any other club.” Image: Yoane Wissa walks away after scoring a late equaliser Brentford, who move up to ninth on the point, struggled until the final period but created three of the best chances of the game in the final seven minutes. Palace, meanwhile, are up to 13th but will feel this was a missed opportunity after looking more dangerous throughout the game.
Player Ratings
Crystal Palace: Guaita (6), Clyne (6), Andersen (6), Guehi (5), Ward (7), Doucoure (7), Schlupp (7), Olise (8), Eze (5), Zaha (8), Mateta (5). Subs: Mitchell (N/A), Milivojevic (N/A), Ayew (N/A), Edouard (6). Brentford: Raya (6), Hickey (8), Mee (6), Zanka (6), Henry (7), Jensen (5), Janelt (7), Baptiste (6), Lewis-Potter (5), Toney (6 ), Buemo (7). Subs: Wissa (8), Dasilva (6), Ghoddos (6), Onyeka (6), Damsgaard (6). Man of the Match: Wilfried Zaha.
How Wissa scored a point for Brentford at Palace
Brentford had more possession early on, but the game – which saw two goalless draws last season – showed early signs of being deadlocked, with neither team having a shot on target for the first 18 minutes.
FPL Stats: Crystal Palace – Brentford
Goals Zaha, Warning It helps Doucoure, Janet Extra points Janelt (3), Doucoure (2), Wassa (1) It was Palace midfielder Jeffrey Schlupp who created the first meaningful opening as his incisive run from deep on the right to the edge of the Brentford box allowed him to test Bees keeper David Raya for the first time.
Team news
Crystal Palace striker Wilfried Zaha started after recovering from a leg injury Michael Olise made his first start of the season for Palace after returning from injury Brentford striker Keane Lewis-Potter makes full Premier League debut
Palace got into the game thanks in large part to the threat of the returning Michael Olise – making his first league start of the season following a leg injury – and were not denied the opener by Aaron Hickey’s block that kept out Zaha’s effort from close. . Palace continued to pose a threat in the second half as Sloop shot straight at Raya instead of passing to striker Jean-Philippe-Mateta in space in the box, while the impressive Oliseh deflected an effort off the post after cutting in from the right. Image: Wilfried Zaha opened the scoring for Crystal Palace Zaha went one better shortly after, beating Hickey for the first time on Tuesday afternoon before beating Raya with a similarly beautiful curling effort into the top corner to the relief of the Selhurst Park crowd. However, Brentford came alive in the closing stages as substitute Wissa took advantage of Marc Guehi’s ball tracking to head home the equaliser. Palace sat back to defend the three points, drawing pressure from the visitors – a tactical change that almost saw them lose the game in stoppage time as Vicente Guaita denied Rico Henry and Ben Mee hit the post.
Zaha: One lapse in concentration ruins all the hard work
Wilfried Zaha on BT Sport: “I’m at a loss for words. Just one lapse in concentration … ruins all the hard work. We literally had to keep it tight. Once we took the lead, we just couldn’t defend. “I don’t understand why we’re doing that. If we just keep pushing, I feel like we could have a second and it’s just game over, but in the end we killed ourselves. “Our problem at the moment, which we will correct in due course, is only the last-minute goals. It just throws the whole performance away. Today is not – by far – our best performance, but a game where I feel I have to go with the three points”.
Vieira: I’m happy with a point. they deserved it more than us
Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira on BT Sport: “Disappointment. It wasn’t pretty from us. I don’t think we played well enough to create chances but we managed to get that goal and we had to defend after that and we didn’t do it well enough. “We almost lost the game at the end. I’m happy with a point because maybe they deserved it a bit more than us today.”
Frank praises the ‘unbelievable’ character of the Bradford players
Brentford boss Thomas Frank on BT Sport: “I’d rather stand here and not talk about us coming from behind and just take the lead and go home with three points, but I have to praise the boys’ character. Unbelievable! “Mentality is not easy. We are not City, Liverpool or Chelsea, we are Brentford and that mentality deep within the players is really good. And the aggressive mentality. “Unbelievable magic from Zaha. What a goal. That’s a world-class goal from him. We know he can create this moment. A moment when we fell slightly – boom! Top corner. “But after that, we got it right. We equalized and had two huge chances when we could have taken three points.”
Impressive Zaha reminds fans of his quality ahead of Deadline Day
Sky Sports’ Peter Smith: Thomas Frank described it as “unbelievable magic” and it certainly felt like Wilfried Zaha was the only player on the pitch at Selhurst Park on Tuesday night who could score his first goal. Aaron Hickey was outstanding in the first half, limiting Palace’s talisman and twice blocking his shots on goal. But the right-back only had to give Zaha an inch of space on the edge of the box to be punished on the hour. It was Zaha’s 13th Premier League goal in 2022 and his fourth goal in four appearances this season. No wonder Chelsea and Arsenal have been linked with a late move for him, especially as his contract with Palace expires at the end of the season. Afterwards, Zaha could not hide his disappointment at Brentford’s late equalizer but insisted he was fully focused on Palace, describing the club as a family. Those bonds could be tested in the coming days if there is a major bid – and on current form, Palace’s London rivals may struggle to recruit a more dangerous forward.
Late goals are becoming a habit for Brentford
Sky Sports’ Zinny Boswell: In three of their five Premier League games this season, Brentford have salvaged a point thanks to goals in the last 10 minutes. It has become somewhat of a habit for Thomas Frank’s side. Josh Dasilva at Leicester on the opening weekend (86), Vitaly Janelt against Everton on Saturday (84) and now Yoane Wissa at Crystal Palace (88). Without those three points, they would have dropped to 15th, not ninth. But it’s not something Frank necessarily wants to continue to rely on. “I think from a health point of view, the Man Utd game [winning 4-0] he’s a bit healthier,” Frank said after the 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace. At Selhurst Park on Tuesday, Brentford created their three best chances of the game in the final seven minutes. They were unlucky not to come away with three points, even if they were second best for most of the match. “I would have loved the drama if we had scored to make it 2-1,” Frank said. “But it’s very difficult in the Premier League. We know we have to work so incredibly hard to get every point we can.” There’s a work ethic that runs through Frank’s side that means you can never count them out. Worker bees always have a chance, until the last moment.
Opta Stats: Brentford can’t keep goals away
Crystal Palace have won just two of their last 20 Premier League derbies in London (9 D9), with 3-0 wins over Tottenham and Arsenal last season. Brentford have avoided defeat in five of their last eight Premier League games where they conceded first (2-3 draws), one more than in their first 20 games in the competition when they conceded the first goal (2-2- 2-16). Brentford have conceded in each of their last 19 Premier League games away from home (40 goals conceded), the longest current run in the division and the longest run without a league away clean sheet since another 19-match run between September 1984 and April 1985. . Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha has scored six of Crystal Palace’s last seven home goals in the league.
What’s next?
Crystal Palace travel to Newcastle and Brentford host Leeds in the Premier League on Saturday at 3pm.
title: “Sea Palace 1 1 Brentford Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-03” author: “Melissa Lozano”
An unmarked Wissa connected with Vitaly Janelt’s cross (88) to cancel out Wilfried Zaha’s (59) earlier wonder and a late Brentford attack almost saw them take all three points back in west London as Rico Henry and Ben Mee came close to scoring in stoppage-time. Zaha put transfer speculation linking him to Chelsea and Arsenal to rest as he returned to the starting line-up after a leg injury kept him out of Saturday’s 4-2 defeat at Manchester City and produced a moment of magic to break the deadlock with a Brentford manager Thomas Frank called the attack incredible. “I think today we needed something special to score and Wilfried did it,” Palace manager Patrick Vieira said. “It has never crossed my mind [that he would leave]. Nothing has come from any other club.” Image: Yoane Wissa walks away after scoring a late equaliser Brentford, who move up to ninth on the point, struggled until the final period but created three of the best chances of the game in the final seven minutes. Palace, meanwhile, are up to 13th but will feel this was a missed opportunity after looking more dangerous throughout the game.
Player Ratings
Crystal Palace: Guaita (6), Clyne (6), Andersen (6), Guehi (5), Ward (7), Doucoure (7), Schlupp (7), Olise (8), Eze (5), Zaha (8), Mateta (5). Subs: Mitchell (N/A), Milivojevic (N/A), Ayew (N/A), Edouard (6). Brentford: Raya (6), Hickey (8), Mee (6), Zanka (6), Henry (7), Jensen (5), Janelt (7), Baptiste (6), Lewis-Potter (5), Toney (6 ), Buemo (7). Subs: Wissa (8), Dasilva (6), Ghoddos (6), Onyeka (6), Damsgaard (6). Man of the Match: Wilfried Zaha.
How Wissa scored a point for Brentford at Palace
Brentford had more possession early on, but the game – which saw two goalless draws last season – showed early signs of being deadlocked, with neither team having a shot on target for the first 18 minutes.
FPL Stats: Crystal Palace – Brentford
Goals Zaha, Warning It helps Doucoure, Janet Extra points Janelt (3), Doucoure (2), Wassa (1) It was Palace midfielder Jeffrey Schlupp who created the first meaningful opening as his incisive run from deep on the right to the edge of the Brentford box allowed him to test Bees keeper David Raya for the first time.
Team news
Crystal Palace striker Wilfried Zaha started after recovering from a leg injury Michael Olise made his first start of the season for Palace after returning from injury Brentford striker Keane Lewis-Potter makes full Premier League debut
Palace got into the game thanks in large part to the threat of the returning Michael Olise – making his first league start of the season following a leg injury – and were not denied the opener by Aaron Hickey’s block that kept out Zaha’s effort from close. . Palace continued to pose a threat in the second half as Sloop shot straight at Raya instead of passing to striker Jean-Philippe-Mateta in space in the box, while the impressive Oliseh deflected an effort off the post after cutting in from the right. Image: Wilfried Zaha opened the scoring for Crystal Palace Zaha went one better shortly after, beating Hickey for the first time on Tuesday afternoon before beating Raya with a similarly beautiful curling effort into the top corner to the relief of the Selhurst Park crowd. However, Brentford came alive in the closing stages as substitute Wissa took advantage of Marc Guehi’s ball tracking to head home the equaliser. Palace sat back to defend the three points, drawing pressure from the visitors – a tactical change that almost saw them lose the game in stoppage time as Vicente Guaita denied Rico Henry and Ben Mee hit the post.
Zaha: One lapse in concentration ruins all the hard work
Wilfried Zaha on BT Sport: “I’m at a loss for words. Just one lapse in concentration … ruins all the hard work. We literally had to keep it tight. Once we took the lead, we just couldn’t defend. “I don’t understand why we’re doing that. If we just keep pushing, I feel like we could have a second and it’s just game over, but in the end we killed ourselves. “Our problem at the moment, which we will correct in due course, is only the last-minute goals. It just throws the whole performance away. Today is not – by far – our best performance, but a game where I feel I have to go with the three points”.
Vieira: I’m happy with a point. they deserved it more than us
Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira on BT Sport: “Disappointment. It wasn’t pretty from us. I don’t think we played well enough to create chances but we managed to get that goal and we had to defend after that and we didn’t do it well enough. “We almost lost the game at the end. I’m happy with a point because maybe they deserved it a bit more than us today.”
Frank praises the ‘unbelievable’ character of the Bradford players
Brentford boss Thomas Frank on BT Sport: “I’d rather stand here and not talk about us coming from behind and just take the lead and go home with three points, but I have to praise the boys’ character. Unbelievable! “Mentality is not easy. We are not City, Liverpool or Chelsea, we are Brentford and that mentality deep within the players is really good. And the aggressive mentality. “Unbelievable magic from Zaha. What a goal. That’s a world-class goal from him. We know he can create this moment. A moment when we fell slightly – boom! Top corner. “But after that, we got it right. We equalized and had two huge chances when we could have taken three points.”
Impressive Zaha reminds fans of his quality ahead of Deadline Day
Sky Sports’ Peter Smith: Thomas Frank described it as “unbelievable magic” and it certainly felt like Wilfried Zaha was the only player on the pitch at Selhurst Park on Tuesday night who could score his first goal. Aaron Hickey was outstanding in the first half, limiting Palace’s talisman and twice blocking his shots on goal. But the right-back only had to give Zaha an inch of space on the edge of the box to be punished on the hour. It was Zaha’s 13th Premier League goal in 2022 and his fourth goal in four appearances this season. No wonder Chelsea and Arsenal have been linked with a late move for him, especially as his contract with Palace expires at the end of the season. Afterwards, Zaha could not hide his disappointment at Brentford’s late equalizer but insisted he was fully focused on Palace, describing the club as a family. Those bonds could be tested in the coming days if there is a major bid – and on current form, Palace’s London rivals may struggle to recruit a more dangerous forward.
Late goals are becoming a habit for Brentford
Sky Sports’ Zinny Boswell: In three of their five Premier League games this season, Brentford have salvaged a point thanks to goals in the last 10 minutes. It has become somewhat of a habit for Thomas Frank’s side. Josh Dasilva at Leicester on the opening weekend (86), Vitaly Janelt against Everton on Saturday (84) and now Yoane Wissa at Crystal Palace (88). Without those three points, they would have dropped to 15th, not ninth. But it’s not something Frank necessarily wants to continue to rely on. “I think from a health point of view, the Man Utd game [winning 4-0] he’s a bit healthier,” Frank said after the 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace. At Selhurst Park on Tuesday, Brentford created their three best chances of the game in the final seven minutes. They were unlucky not to come away with three points, even if they were second best for most of the match. “I would have loved the drama if we had scored to make it 2-1,” Frank said. “But it’s very difficult in the Premier League. We know we have to work so incredibly hard to get every point we can.” There’s a work ethic that runs through Frank’s side that means you can never count them out. Worker bees always have a chance, until the last moment.
Opta Stats: Brentford can’t keep goals away
Crystal Palace have won just two of their last 20 Premier League derbies in London (9 D9), with 3-0 wins over Tottenham and Arsenal last season. Brentford have avoided defeat in five of their last eight Premier League games where they conceded first (2-3 draws), one more than in their first 20 games in the competition when they conceded the first goal (2-2- 2-16). Brentford have conceded in each of their last 19 Premier League games away from home (40 goals conceded), the longest current run in the division and the longest run without a league away clean sheet since another 19-match run between September 1984 and April 1985. . Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha has scored six of Crystal Palace’s last seven home goals in the league.
What’s next?
Crystal Palace travel to Newcastle and Brentford host Leeds in the Premier League on Saturday at 3pm.
title: “Sea Palace 1 1 Brentford Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-10” author: “Joshua Gonzalez”
An unmarked Wissa connected with Vitaly Janelt’s cross (88) to cancel out Wilfried Zaha’s (59) earlier wonder and a late Brentford attack almost saw them take all three points back in west London as Rico Henry and Ben Mee came close to scoring in stoppage-time. Zaha put transfer speculation linking him to Chelsea and Arsenal to rest as he returned to the starting line-up after a leg injury kept him out of Saturday’s 4-2 defeat at Manchester City and produced a moment of magic to break the deadlock with a Brentford manager Thomas Frank called the attack incredible. “I think today we needed something special to score and Wilfried did it,” Palace manager Patrick Vieira said. “It has never crossed my mind [that he would leave]. Nothing has come from any other club.” Image: Yoane Wissa walks away after scoring a late equaliser Brentford, who move up to ninth on the point, struggled until the final period but created three of the best chances of the game in the final seven minutes. Palace, meanwhile, are up to 13th but will feel this was a missed opportunity after looking more dangerous throughout the game.
Player Ratings
Crystal Palace: Guaita (6), Clyne (6), Andersen (6), Guehi (5), Ward (7), Doucoure (7), Schlupp (7), Olise (8), Eze (5), Zaha (8), Mateta (5). Subs: Mitchell (N/A), Milivojevic (N/A), Ayew (N/A), Edouard (6). Brentford: Raya (6), Hickey (8), Mee (6), Zanka (6), Henry (7), Jensen (5), Janelt (7), Baptiste (6), Lewis-Potter (5), Toney (6 ), Buemo (7). Subs: Wissa (8), Dasilva (6), Ghoddos (6), Onyeka (6), Damsgaard (6). Man of the Match: Wilfried Zaha.
How Wissa scored a point for Brentford at Palace
Brentford had more possession early on, but the game – which saw two goalless draws last season – showed early signs of being deadlocked, with neither team having a shot on target for the first 18 minutes.
FPL Stats: Crystal Palace – Brentford
Goals Zaha, Warning It helps Doucoure, Janet Extra points Janelt (3), Doucoure (2), Wassa (1) It was Palace midfielder Jeffrey Schlupp who created the first meaningful opening as his incisive run from deep on the right to the edge of the Brentford box allowed him to test Bees keeper David Raya for the first time.
Team news
Crystal Palace striker Wilfried Zaha started after recovering from a leg injury Michael Olise made his first start of the season for Palace after returning from injury Brentford striker Keane Lewis-Potter makes full Premier League debut
Palace got into the game thanks in large part to the threat of the returning Michael Olise – making his first league start of the season following a leg injury – and were not denied the opener by Aaron Hickey’s block that kept out Zaha’s effort from close. . Palace continued to pose a threat in the second half as Sloop shot straight at Raya instead of passing to striker Jean-Philippe-Mateta in space in the box, while the impressive Oliseh deflected an effort off the post after cutting in from the right. Image: Wilfried Zaha opened the scoring for Crystal Palace Zaha went one better shortly after, beating Hickey for the first time on Tuesday afternoon before beating Raya with a similarly beautiful curling effort into the top corner to the relief of the Selhurst Park crowd. However, Brentford came alive in the closing stages as substitute Wissa took advantage of Marc Guehi’s ball tracking to head home the equaliser. Palace sat back to defend the three points, drawing pressure from the visitors – a tactical change that almost saw them lose the game in stoppage time as Vicente Guaita denied Rico Henry and Ben Mee hit the post.
Zaha: One lapse in concentration ruins all the hard work
Wilfried Zaha on BT Sport: “I’m at a loss for words. Just one lapse in concentration … ruins all the hard work. We literally had to keep it tight. Once we took the lead, we just couldn’t defend. “I don’t understand why we’re doing that. If we just keep pushing, I feel like we could have a second and it’s just game over, but in the end we killed ourselves. “Our problem at the moment, which we will correct in due course, is only the last-minute goals. It just throws the whole performance away. Today is not – by far – our best performance, but a game where I feel I have to go with the three points”.
Vieira: I’m happy with a point. they deserved it more than us
Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira on BT Sport: “Disappointment. It wasn’t pretty from us. I don’t think we played well enough to create chances but we managed to get that goal and we had to defend after that and we didn’t do it well enough. “We almost lost the game at the end. I’m happy with a point because maybe they deserved it a bit more than us today.”
Frank praises the ‘unbelievable’ character of the Bradford players
Brentford boss Thomas Frank on BT Sport: “I’d rather stand here and not talk about us coming from behind and just take the lead and go home with three points, but I have to praise the boys’ character. Unbelievable! “Mentality is not easy. We are not City, Liverpool or Chelsea, we are Brentford and that mentality deep within the players is really good. And the aggressive mentality. “Unbelievable magic from Zaha. What a goal. That’s a world-class goal from him. We know he can create this moment. A moment when we fell slightly – boom! Top corner. “But after that, we got it right. We equalized and had two huge chances when we could have taken three points.”
Impressive Zaha reminds fans of his quality ahead of Deadline Day
Sky Sports’ Peter Smith: Thomas Frank described it as “unbelievable magic” and it certainly felt like Wilfried Zaha was the only player on the pitch at Selhurst Park on Tuesday night who could score his first goal. Aaron Hickey was outstanding in the first half, limiting Palace’s talisman and twice blocking his shots on goal. But the right-back only had to give Zaha an inch of space on the edge of the box to be punished on the hour. It was Zaha’s 13th Premier League goal in 2022 and his fourth goal in four appearances this season. No wonder Chelsea and Arsenal have been linked with a late move for him, especially as his contract with Palace expires at the end of the season. Afterwards, Zaha could not hide his disappointment at Brentford’s late equalizer but insisted he was fully focused on Palace, describing the club as a family. Those bonds could be tested in the coming days if there is a major bid – and on current form, Palace’s London rivals may struggle to recruit a more dangerous forward.
Late goals are becoming a habit for Brentford
Sky Sports’ Zinny Boswell: In three of their five Premier League games this season, Brentford have salvaged a point thanks to goals in the last 10 minutes. It has become somewhat of a habit for Thomas Frank’s side. Josh Dasilva at Leicester on the opening weekend (86), Vitaly Janelt against Everton on Saturday (84) and now Yoane Wissa at Crystal Palace (88). Without those three points, they would have dropped to 15th, not ninth. But it’s not something Frank necessarily wants to continue to rely on. “I think from a health point of view, the Man Utd game [winning 4-0] he’s a bit healthier,” Frank said after the 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace. At Selhurst Park on Tuesday, Brentford created their three best chances of the game in the final seven minutes. They were unlucky not to come away with three points, even if they were second best for most of the match. “I would have loved the drama if we had scored to make it 2-1,” Frank said. “But it’s very difficult in the Premier League. We know we have to work so incredibly hard to get every point we can.” There’s a work ethic that runs through Frank’s side that means you can never count them out. Worker bees always have a chance, until the last moment.
Opta Stats: Brentford can’t keep goals away
Crystal Palace have won just two of their last 20 Premier League derbies in London (9 D9), with 3-0 wins over Tottenham and Arsenal last season. Brentford have avoided defeat in five of their last eight Premier League games where they conceded first (2-3 draws), one more than in their first 20 games in the competition when they conceded the first goal (2-2- 2-16). Brentford have conceded in each of their last 19 Premier League games away from home (40 goals conceded), the longest current run in the division and the longest run without a league away clean sheet since another 19-match run between September 1984 and April 1985. . Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha has scored six of Crystal Palace’s last seven home goals in the league.
What’s next?
Crystal Palace travel to Newcastle and Brentford host Leeds in the Premier League on Saturday at 3pm.
title: “Sea Palace 1 1 Brentford Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-24” author: “David Taylor”
An unmarked Wissa connected with Vitaly Janelt’s cross (88) to cancel out Wilfried Zaha’s (59) earlier wonder and a late Brentford attack almost saw them take all three points back in west London as Rico Henry and Ben Mee came close to scoring in stoppage-time. Zaha put transfer speculation linking him to Chelsea and Arsenal to rest as he returned to the starting line-up after a leg injury kept him out of Saturday’s 4-2 defeat at Manchester City and produced a moment of magic to break the deadlock with a Brentford manager Thomas Frank called the attack incredible. “I think today we needed something special to score and Wilfried did it,” Palace manager Patrick Vieira said. “It has never crossed my mind [that he would leave]. Nothing has come from any other club.” Image: Yoane Wissa walks away after scoring a late equaliser Brentford, who move up to ninth on the point, struggled until the final period but created three of the best chances of the game in the final seven minutes. Palace, meanwhile, are up to 13th but will feel this was a missed opportunity after looking more dangerous throughout the game.
Player Ratings
Crystal Palace: Guaita (6), Clyne (6), Andersen (6), Guehi (5), Ward (7), Doucoure (7), Schlupp (7), Olise (8), Eze (5), Zaha (8), Mateta (5). Subs: Mitchell (N/A), Milivojevic (N/A), Ayew (N/A), Edouard (6). Brentford: Raya (6), Hickey (8), Mee (6), Zanka (6), Henry (7), Jensen (5), Janelt (7), Baptiste (6), Lewis-Potter (5), Toney (6 ), Buemo (7). Subs: Wissa (8), Dasilva (6), Ghoddos (6), Onyeka (6), Damsgaard (6). Man of the Match: Wilfried Zaha.
How Wissa scored a point for Brentford at Palace
Brentford had more possession early on, but the game – which saw two goalless draws last season – showed early signs of being deadlocked, with neither team having a shot on target for the first 18 minutes.
FPL Stats: Crystal Palace – Brentford
Goals Zaha, Warning It helps Doucoure, Janet Extra points Janelt (3), Doucoure (2), Wassa (1) It was Palace midfielder Jeffrey Schlupp who created the first meaningful opening as his incisive run from deep on the right to the edge of the Brentford box allowed him to test Bees keeper David Raya for the first time.
Team news
Crystal Palace striker Wilfried Zaha started after recovering from a leg injury Michael Olise made his first start of the season for Palace after returning from injury Brentford striker Keane Lewis-Potter makes full Premier League debut
Palace got into the game thanks in large part to the threat of the returning Michael Olise – making his first league start of the season following a leg injury – and were not denied the opener by Aaron Hickey’s block that kept out Zaha’s effort from close. . Palace continued to pose a threat in the second half as Sloop shot straight at Raya instead of passing to striker Jean-Philippe-Mateta in space in the box, while the impressive Oliseh deflected an effort off the post after cutting in from the right. Image: Wilfried Zaha opened the scoring for Crystal Palace Zaha went one better shortly after, beating Hickey for the first time on Tuesday afternoon before beating Raya with a similarly beautiful curling effort into the top corner to the relief of the Selhurst Park crowd. However, Brentford came alive in the closing stages as substitute Wissa took advantage of Marc Guehi’s ball tracking to head home the equaliser. Palace sat back to defend the three points, drawing pressure from the visitors – a tactical change that almost saw them lose the game in stoppage time as Vicente Guaita denied Rico Henry and Ben Mee hit the post.
Zaha: One lapse in concentration ruins all the hard work
Wilfried Zaha on BT Sport: “I’m at a loss for words. Just one lapse in concentration … ruins all the hard work. We literally had to keep it tight. Once we took the lead, we just couldn’t defend. “I don’t understand why we’re doing that. If we just keep pushing, I feel like we could have a second and it’s just game over, but in the end we killed ourselves. “Our problem at the moment, which we will correct in due course, is only the last-minute goals. It just throws the whole performance away. Today is not – by far – our best performance, but a game where I feel I have to go with the three points”.
Vieira: I’m happy with a point. they deserved it more than us
Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira on BT Sport: “Disappointment. It wasn’t pretty from us. I don’t think we played well enough to create chances but we managed to get that goal and we had to defend after that and we didn’t do it well enough. “We almost lost the game at the end. I’m happy with a point because maybe they deserved it a bit more than us today.”
Frank praises the ‘unbelievable’ character of the Bradford players
Brentford boss Thomas Frank on BT Sport: “I’d rather stand here and not talk about us coming from behind and just take the lead and go home with three points, but I have to praise the boys’ character. Unbelievable! “Mentality is not easy. We are not City, Liverpool or Chelsea, we are Brentford and that mentality deep within the players is really good. And the aggressive mentality. “Unbelievable magic from Zaha. What a goal. That’s a world-class goal from him. We know he can create this moment. A moment when we fell slightly – boom! Top corner. “But after that, we got it right. We equalized and had two huge chances when we could have taken three points.”
Impressive Zaha reminds fans of his quality ahead of Deadline Day
Sky Sports’ Peter Smith: Thomas Frank described it as “unbelievable magic” and it certainly felt like Wilfried Zaha was the only player on the pitch at Selhurst Park on Tuesday night who could score his first goal. Aaron Hickey was outstanding in the first half, limiting Palace’s talisman and twice blocking his shots on goal. But the right-back only had to give Zaha an inch of space on the edge of the box to be punished on the hour. It was Zaha’s 13th Premier League goal in 2022 and his fourth goal in four appearances this season. No wonder Chelsea and Arsenal have been linked with a late move for him, especially as his contract with Palace expires at the end of the season. Afterwards, Zaha could not hide his disappointment at Brentford’s late equalizer but insisted he was fully focused on Palace, describing the club as a family. Those bonds could be tested in the coming days if there is a major bid – and on current form, Palace’s London rivals may struggle to recruit a more dangerous forward.
Late goals are becoming a habit for Brentford
Sky Sports’ Zinny Boswell: In three of their five Premier League games this season, Brentford have salvaged a point thanks to goals in the last 10 minutes. It has become somewhat of a habit for Thomas Frank’s side. Josh Dasilva at Leicester on the opening weekend (86), Vitaly Janelt against Everton on Saturday (84) and now Yoane Wissa at Crystal Palace (88). Without those three points, they would have dropped to 15th, not ninth. But it’s not something Frank necessarily wants to continue to rely on. “I think from a health point of view, the Man Utd game [winning 4-0] he’s a bit healthier,” Frank said after the 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace. At Selhurst Park on Tuesday, Brentford created their three best chances of the game in the final seven minutes. They were unlucky not to come away with three points, even if they were second best for most of the match. “I would have loved the drama if we had scored to make it 2-1,” Frank said. “But it’s very difficult in the Premier League. We know we have to work so incredibly hard to get every point we can.” There’s a work ethic that runs through Frank’s side that means you can never count them out. Worker bees always have a chance, until the last moment.
Opta Stats: Brentford can’t keep goals away
Crystal Palace have won just two of their last 20 Premier League derbies in London (9 D9), with 3-0 wins over Tottenham and Arsenal last season. Brentford have avoided defeat in five of their last eight Premier League games where they conceded first (2-3 draws), one more than in their first 20 games in the competition when they conceded the first goal (2-2- 2-16). Brentford have conceded in each of their last 19 Premier League games away from home (40 goals conceded), the longest current run in the division and the longest run without a league away clean sheet since another 19-match run between September 1984 and April 1985. . Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha has scored six of Crystal Palace’s last seven home goals in the league.
What’s next?
Crystal Palace travel to Newcastle and Brentford host Leeds in the Premier League on Saturday at 3pm.
