SO HARD TO TEKE Christian winner destroys Moyes

for Sunderland as Benteke powered home a header from sub Chung-yong Lee’s free-kick to give Palace a third straight league win.

Pardew said: “We have changed the team and now suddenly we look like we have got goals in it. We would never have scored three goals in the second half of last season.

“After their second goal, by the time I’d had any kind of thought process, we were 2-1 and then I really felt confident that we could get something out of the game at least.”

Moyes saw his side slip to the bottom of the table and said: “I didn’t think we played well enough to be 2-0 but I was taking it all day. For someone to not go with Benteke when we gave a poor free-kick away was disappointing.”