January 11 2006

Tommy Black

Crystal Palace reserves have now gone six games without a win after a 3-2 defeat at home to Leicester City.

Tommy Black fired Palace in front in the 18th minute from a Ryan Hall throughball.

Eight minutes later, Chris O'Grady levelled for the Foxes with a low strike from the right-side of the area.

Max Gradel put Leicester into the lead after 54 minutes with a 30-yard effort which flew into the top corner.

O'Grady got his second of the night to make it 3-1 after taking advantage of a mix-up in the Palace defence to rifle in from 10 yards.

With three minutes left, Hall put away Lewis Grabban's cross to give Palace hope, but it was too little too late.

Palace: Speroni, Fray, Wilson, Straker, Wiggins, Berry, Spence, Riihilahti (Welch 67), R Hall, Grabban, Black (Peltonen 67).

Subs not used: Banks, Starkey, J Hughes.

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