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Premier League
Oct 3, 2015 at 12.45pm UK
 
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2-0

Bolasie (68'), Cabaye (89' pen.)
FT(HT: 0-0)

Player Ratings: Crystal Palace 2-0 West Bromwich Albion

Sports Mole analyses how the players fared at Selhurst Park as Crystal Palace defeated West Bromwich Albion 2-0.

Second-half goals from Yannick Bolasie and Yohan Cabaye helped Crystal Palace to a hard-earned 2-0 win over West Bromwich Albion at Selhurst Park.

Bolasie nodded home a superb cross from his French teammate on 68 minutes to end the Baggies' stubborn resistance - their first goal conceded away from home all season.

The excellent Wilfried Zaha then won a penalty late on and Cabaye kept his nerve to float home the spot kick and seal three hard-fought points for Palace.

Here, Sports Mole sorts the heroes from the villains.

Yohan Cabaye (2nd R) of Crystal Palace celebrates scoring his team's second goal with his team mates during the Barclays Premier League match between Crystal Palace and West Bromwich Albion at Selhurst Park on October 3, 2015© Getty Images




CRYSTAL PALACE

Goal

Wayne Hennessey: Only had one meaningful shot to keep out, and it came right at the end when he pawed away a McLean effort. The Welshman is unlikely to have a quieter 90 minutes this season. (6/10)

Defence

Martin Kelly: Supplied Zaha with the ball almost every time he had it. Did not venture forward himself, but did not need to when Zaha is on that kind of form. (6/10)

Scott Dann: Did not give Berahino an inch in which to hurt him and produced a few powerful headers to thwart rare attacks for West Brom. (6/10)

Brede Hangeland: Shackled Rondon with consummate ease but the big Norwegian was never going to be on the losing side this afternoon, by virtue of Albion's lifeless attack. (6/10)

Pape Souare: Looked vulnerable at times when McLean ran at him, but these moments were few and far between. Quiet game overall for the left-back. (5/10)

Midfield

James McArthur: Tireless performance from the Scot as usual as he justified his selection ahead of Joe Ledley with intelligent passing. (6/10)

Yohan Cabaye: Produced a number of poor deliveries from free kicks and corners, but his inch-perfect cross for Bolasie led to the opener. Then slotted a cool penalty in the dying stages to make it two goals in six days. (7/10)

Jason Puncheon: Quite selfish at times for opting to shoot instead of pass, and struggled overall in a playmaker role which does not really suit his attributes. (5/10)

Wilfried Zaha: Dipped in the second half somewhat, but Zaha was still man of the match with a first-half display that reminded the division as to why he was signed by Manchester United once upon a time. (8/10)

Yannick Bolasie: Without a goal at Selhurst Park for some three years, and he was a touch selfish at times as he went for goal to end his drought when a cross was a better option, but he eventually made a huge difference with the opener. (7/10)

Attack

Dwight Gayle: Relatively anonymous in both halves as he continues to struggle as Palace's spearhead. They were crying out for a target man this afternoon and Gayle simply isn't the answer. (4/10)

Substitutes

Fraizer Campbell: Replaced Gayle and, like his predecessor, had no impact whatsoever. (4/10)



WEST BROMWICH ALBION

Goal

Boaz Myhill: Pulled off a number of impressive first-half saves to keep Zaha. Blameless for both goals. (6/10)

Defence

Craig Dawson: Endured a very shaky opening quarter but, to his credit, bounced back well and kept Bolasie much quieter after that. (5/10)

Gareth McAuley: Perhaps culpable for allowing Bolasie to get the run on him for the all-important opener. Strong showing other than that as he combated Gayle. (6/10)

Jonny Evans: Only lasted some 24 minutes before going off with a suspected hamstring injury. Did little wrong during his spell on the field. (6/10)

Chris Brunt: The Northern Irishman will simply not endure a harder afternoon for the rest of the season after struggling against Zaha, particularly in the first half, but it must be noted that he is not a left-back. (3/10)

Midfield

Darren Fletcher: Clever in possession as always but the Scot needed to be harder in the tackle that Cabaye brushed off en route to setting up the opener. (5/10)

Claudio Yacob: Sat in front of the Baggies' back four well and snuffed out his fair share of chances. (6/10)

James Morrison: Never got into the game at all and guilty of wasting a host of set-piece opportunities. (4/10)

James McLean: Drifted in and out of the game but did do more than his fair share of defensive work to help out Dawson with Bolasie. (6/10)

Attack

Salomon Rondon: Simply does not look like a number nine capable of scoring the volume of goals that a striker of his price tag should be scoring. Tracked back well, but that is the only compliment anyone could pay him. (4/10)

Saido Berahino: Pulled off at the break following an anonymous first half alongside strike partner Rondon. (4/10)

Substitutes

James Chester: Replaced Evans on 24 minutes and, to his credit, did not look one bit out of place as he and McAuley dealt with Gayle. (6/10)

Craig Gardner: Helped Brunt deal with Zaha a little better, but also hugely lucky not to have a penalty awarded against him at 0-0. (5/10)

Callum McManaman: Thrown into the mix when the Baggies were chasing the game but never looked like providing the spark needed to force an equaliser. (4/10)

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Crystal Palace's French-born Congolese midfielder Yannick Bolasie (2nd L) scores past West Bromwich Albion's US-born Welsh goalkeeper Boaz Myhill (L) for the opening goal of the English Premier League football match between Crystal Palace and West Bromwic
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