Just read that - what a load of shite about Zaha been too strong for Byram, yes he gave him a hard time in the first half but overall Byram won the battle.
Sent from my iPad On 24 Nov 2012, at 18:36, "Rick Duniec" <[email protected]> wrote: > Leeds 2-1 Crystal Palace- Match Report > Report of match Leeds United v Crystal Palace from 24th November 2012 > Reporter PA > > Leeds manager Neil Warnock delivered on his promise that the season started > here as his side kicked off their new era by ending Crystal Palace's 14-game > unbeaten run with a 2-1 win. > > After six months of negotiations, United were this week bought by GFH > Capital, and Warnock, having said anyone could have done his job for the > first four cash-strapped months of the season, claimed this was the first day > of his pursuit of a record-setting eighth promotion. > > And, although the goals scored by Luciano Becchio and Paul Green do not mask > the fact Leeds had gone seven without a win prior to this game, leaving them > far from Premier League material, this was as good a start as they and GFH > could have wished for. > > Equally, a first defeat since their Capital One Cup defeat to Preston on > August 28 does not spell disaster for Palace, although Cardiff's win at > Barnsley means top spot is no longer theirs. > > Manager Ian Holloway, for whom this was a first loss since his switch from > Blackpool, will point to two contentious penalty decisions which went against > England winger Wilfried Zaha but, short of Peter Ramage's late goal, his men > were undone by a side revelling in front of playing in front of their new > owners. > > GFH have promised investment in January but it was one of the players they > brought in on loan, Jerome Thomas, who took the fight to Palace early on, > skinning Joel Ward and firing in a cross which nearly led to danger. > > Leeds fed off Thomas' energy and soon Becchio was denied by Julian Speroni in > the Palace goal, before the Argentinian stopper, a summer target of Warnock, > did brilliantly to get down low and keep out David Norris after a bursting > run from the midfielder. > > After failing to land Speroni, Warnock tied up a deal for another of his old > foot soldiers, Paddy Kenny, and he was then called into action at the other > end, getting the slightest touch to an across-goal drive from Zaha, who > outmuscled Sam Byram to get a shot in. > > He then got to work behind a routine drive from Owen Garvan, before a > brilliant double save kept his side level. First he flung himself to his left > to palm away Jonathan Parr's curler, leaving the goal open in the process. He > was up quickly, though, shutting down Glenn Murray who looked a safe bet to > grab his 16th of the season from six yards. > > Zaha was Palace's most dangerous player - far too strong for opposite number > Byram - and the two were involved in a flashpoint on the stroke of half-time, > with the former not getting the penalty he courted after appearing to be > tripped. Fortunately for him, he received no caution for his subsequent > shoving of Norris. > > There was no doubt Palace had ended the first half the better but seven > minutes into the second half, they were behind, owing largely to Ramage's > failure to clear his lines. After Lee Peltier's cross was nodded across goal > by Green, the experienced defender headed it against his own man, Mile > Jedinak, allowing Becchio to pounce from two yards. > > Palace's attempts at a response inevitably went through Zaha who again > thought he had claims on a penalty when he and Byram became entangled for a > second time, although the best chances fell in Leeds' favour, with Norris > drilling over after a Byram cross fell kindly for him. > > A second Leeds goal would arrive, though, with Green's 75th-minute sweet > back-post volley - after Alan Tate's punt forward fell to him - deflecting > beyond Speroni's reach. > > Thinking the game was done, Warnock sent on Ross McCormack for a first home > appearance in almost three months following injury, but Leeds were given a > reality check with five minutes left when Ramage dived to head in Kagisho > Dikgacoi's cross. > > With five minutes of time added Palace had a chance to get a second, but the > closest they came was Michael Tonge booting off his own line following a > scramble, and Leeds held on. > > Source: PA > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
