December 16 2020
Christian Benteke
Ten-man Crystal Palace had to settle for a 1-1 draw away at West Ham United.
The Eagles managed to play the final 20 minutes of this London derby following Christian Benteke's sending off.
Benteke had given Palace a deserved 34th-minute lead by heading home Joel Ward's cross from the right.
The Belgian should have added another after a brilliant team move but fluffed his effort from six yards.
West Ham equalised through a wonderful overhead kick from forward Sebastien Haller on 55 minutes.
Benteke, who had previously been booked for catching Angelo Ogbonna with an elbow, was dismissed for a second yellow card for a similar offence on Tomas Soucek in the 70th minute.
Palace managed to hold on for the remainder of the game to eek out an away point.
West Ham: Fabianski, Cresswell, Ogbonna, Coufal, Rice, Diop, Soucek, Benrahma (Snodgrass 88), Fornals (Lanzini 45), Bowen (Yarmolenko 80), Haller.
Not used: Randolph, Dawson, Noble, Fredericks.
Palace: Guaita, Van Aanholt, Kouyate, Dann, Ward, Eze (Ayew 76), McArthur, Milivojevic, Townsend (Schlupp 85), Zaha, Benteke.
Not used: Butland, Mitchell, Tomkins, Riedewald, Batshuayi.
Palace potentially denied entry to Europa League?
at 1.20am by Jason Smith
UEFA Disciplinary email
at 12.05am by whatton
FA cup final commerative ticket
at 10.12pm by Paaalaaace
Up for an Europa League protest??
at 10.12pm by Penge eagle 84
Borna Sosa
at 9.36pm by Teddy Eagle
Home kit
at 8.54pm by Part Time James
Sign the Petition: Fight UEFA’s Unfair Decision Against Palace
at 6.51pm by ASCPFC
Palace Tattoo
at 5.28pm by Eagleman13
Autographs?
at 11.19am by mezzer
Macron and Net88 again then
at 8.50am by BromleyMonkey
All images and text on this site are copyright © 1999-2025 The Holmesdale Online, unless otherwise stated.
Web Design by Guntrisoft Ltd.