Mamadou Sakho,appointed captain of Crystal Palace for the first time, scrambled domestic a final-minute winner to give Selhurst Park renewed hope of beating the drop. If it sounds like a moment that was destined to happen, or it certainly did not feel that way.
Roy Hodgson admitted his side had not played well and that Stoke had looked well set to claim a point from this exciting game. Mark Hughes,not surprisingly, agreed, and disappointed that his team’s genuine work and an exceptional opening goal from Xherdan Shaqiri had been allowed to go to waste. But,thanks to the Frenchman, three points did cessation up in south London and for Hodgson it continues an upward trend.
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Source: guardian.co.uk