Player ratings

Johnstone, didn't have a lot to do but was good
Ward, solid and has skills
Andersen, Solid and pack's a punch
Guehi, solid
Mitchell, couple of errors but did a good job
Doucoure, solid
Hughes, always battles
Eze, superb with 2 great goals
Olise, excellent
Zaha, excellent and will defo be missed next season if he goes
Ayew, solid, works hard

Subs: McArthur, good to see back
Edouard, good game
Riedewald, apart from the wide shot was good.

If Zaha leaves we must makesure to replace him with same standards

You've made me think of a cunning plan. We identify a load of players that are just as good as Zaha (but no doubt younger) and we then put out stories saying that we are interested in signing them. Then Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham, PSG, Marseilles etc etc inevitably will target and eventually sign those players, leaving Wilf no option than to stay with us. Sorted!

Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes)

It was but Ayew run from our box, set it up. Great run and from a player who is very much undervalued imo. Although he can be frustrating as f***

I reckon his nose was broke before the game and tried to blame it on Anderson ( From the Pardew book of excuses )

An exceedingly comfortable victory interspersed with moments of great skill and well crafted goals.

We were in such command that if I was a smoker of cigars, I would have puffed on one in a totally relaxed mood !

Bournemouth were hugely disappointing, devoid of energy and aggression and they were well defeated.

I was at the game and we were the better side from start to finish. For me, Ward was easily MOTM, he got every interception right and even had a few tricks up his sleeve with that Maradona-esque turn when he made two Bournemouth defenders look like a pair of muppets.

Doucoure was also rock solid, Hughes didn’t take s*it, and Eze and Olise were once again untouchable. That pass from Olise to set up Eb’s second was sublime, and so was the finish.

Cracking atmosphere too. More of the same when Forest come to town in two weeks, please!

"Look at that. Accident blackspot? These aren't accidents! They're throwing themselves into the road gladly! Throwing themselves into the road to escape all this hideousness!"