On-Loan Chelsea Midfielder Shines As Palace Win Lacklustre Everton 3-1

On-loan Chelsea midfielder, Conor Gallagher was the hero for Crystal Palace, as he scored a brace to see off a lacklustre Everton side at Selhurst Park on Sunday.

Palace had the better of the first half of a few chances. Jordan Ayew spurned a good early opportunity, firing straight at Jordan Pickford after a neat one-two with Odsonne Edouard. Wilfried Zaha then tested England number one from the angle, but the keeper blocked the strike at his near post.

Everton were blunt in attack and were made to pay at the opposite end shortly before half-time. It was a completely avoidable goal, with both Seamus Coleman and Demarai Gray failing to clear before the ball fell to Ayew, who played a simple pass for Gallagher to finish from close range.

That goal was the catalyst for the match bursting into life after the break. Gallagher went close again with a header before James Tomkins doubled the hosts’ lead, prodding home from inside the six-yard box after Will Hughes’ cross somehow reached him at the back stick.

Everton finally started to impose themselves on the match, going close through a Gray free-kick and then pulling a goal back through substitute Salomon Rondon, who stretched to finish after Abdoulaye Doucoure’s shot was blocked.

Anthony Gordon should have equalised late on but saw his low shot saved by Vicente Guaita. Gallagher punished the Toffees, pouncing on a loose ball at the other end after a mindless quick free-kick from Coleman, and bending an unstoppable shot into the top corner, via a kiss of the crossbar to seal victory for Palace in stoppage time.

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