EAGLES WIN BUT ROY WANTS MORE GOALS

to accept the consequences.” Striker Joelinton is having a tough time but his boss refused to single him out.

He added: “We don’t cross it enough and we don’t do the basics to give him a chance. We haven’t done enough at the top end of the pitch.

“We have to be more of a goal threat to win a match in the Premier League. We didn’t do enough with the lion’s share of possession.”

Both goalkeepers were tested in an entertaining 20-odd minutes at the start with Martin Dubravka, in particular, pulling off fine saves to deny headers from Gary Cahill and Scott Dann.

Joelinton’s rising drive needed a good stop from Vince Guaita at the other end, while Jordan Ayew spun cleverly between Danny Rose and Nabil Bentaleb to open up a decent chance, but his shot lacked the conviction of the piece of skill before it.

Quite how Christian Benteke missed from inside the six-yard box when

Van Aanholt picked him out, only he will know.

He was in space with only Dubravka to beat but somehow headed wide.

Despite early promise, the game dropped off and was meandering to halftime when Palace were given a free-kick. James Mcarthur and Van Aanholt

stood over it, and the Dutchman wrapped his left boot around a sumptuous effort that gave Dubravka no chance.

Palace began the second half on the front foot and the impressive Ayew hit the outside of a post early on. Ayew then saw another effort denied by a good save from Dubravka — he must have been sick of the sight of the stopper.

There was plenty of hustle and bustle about Toon but no end product, with a disappointing afternoon compounded when Lazaro was sent off for manhandling Zaha.