On the eve of Gareth Southgate naming his England squad for the Euro 2024 qualifiers against Italy and Ukraine, the 28-year-old’s seventh goal of the season finally ended Brighton’s four-year wait for a victory against their bitter rivals that leaves Crystal Palace still winless in 2023 and hovering precariously close to the relegation zone.From the moment that Patrick Vieira was forced to hand Joe Whitworth his debut in goal, the Palace manager may have suspected it was not going to be his evening.
Beware the Ides of March.
Having spent 73 days in 12th spot but now only three points clear of the bottom three, Palace clearly have other concerns to deal with.
But while the teenager pulled off several excellent saves to keep the visitors in with a fighting chance until the end, there was no hiding the growing chasm between them and Roberto De Zerbi’s side, who now find themselves level on points with Liverpool in sixth place with a game in hand.
Source: the guardian
Summary automatically generated by NewSUM A.I. from the following sources:
- Conor Coady set to be left out of Gareth Southgate's England squad (daily mail – mail online)
- Brighton edge past Crystal Palace thanks to Solly March’s early strike (the guardian)
- He truly deserves it: Thomas Frank delighted with Ivan Toney’s England call-up (independent)
- Steve Cooper can’t help Morgan Gibbs-White with heads-up about England call-up (independent)
