Bill Barnwell’s Premier League midseason awards: Hazard best player, Fred worst summer signing

After going unbeaten in their first 15 Premier League games, the FC crew try to pinpoint what’s gone wrong for Man City in their last three out of four.

As we hit the peak of the festive season and approach the start of the January transfer window, now is a good time to take a look back at the Premier League. The competition is hitting its halfway point after 19 matches, and following a suffocating performance from Manchester City last season, the race between City and Liverpool (with Tottenham Hotspur on the outside) is shaping up to present the most exciting second half of a campaign since Leicester claimed the title in 2016.

Today, I’m going…

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Liverpool show they’re real while Manchester City see dip in form

With Liverpool taking a four-point lead over Manchester City going into Christmas Day, Nick Miller reviews the Premier League’s main storylines from this weekend. 
Goal of the weekend
To give you a quick peek behind the curtain, this section was written at about 3:50 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, before all but two of the weekend’s games had even reached the second half. But was there really going to be a better goal than Andros Townsend’s strike against Manchester City?
“I actually want to…

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Wilfried Zaha, Palace thrash Hull, clinch Premier League safety

Four different goalscorers lifted Crystal Palace past Hull City and ensured the Eagles’ Premier League survival.

Four different goalscorers lifted Crystal Palace past Hull City and ensured the Eagles’ Premier League survival.
An early, opportunistic goal from Wilfried Zaha settled any nerves that Crystal Palace might have had, and a thoroughly professional performance ensured that Hull City barely had a chance. Three more goals cemented the three points that ensured safety. 
Positives
Selhurst Park hasn’t been the easiest of environments for Palace players this season, with tension often boiling over at the slightest of errors. But the early goal, and the focused approach from the players, gave Palace a positive…

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In-form Palace and Townsend ready to face Liverpool

Kolo Toure believes Palace’s Wilfried Zaha can have a similar impact for Ivory Coast as Didier Drogba.

Sam Allardyce laments Palace conceding early against Leicester, but is supremely proud of their response to snatch a point.
Crystal Palace’s recent upturn in form has been remarkable. Since the 4-0 loss to Sunderland on Feb. 4 and subsequent, somewhat forgotten 1-0 defeat to Stoke City, Palace have gone on a run that has yielded a total of 16 points from 21 available — a return that has put the club on the brink of Premier League safety when many had written the side off.
Manager Sam Allardyce made it clear following his first few games at Palace that the character the team previously exhibited — the relentless, fearless…

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Andros Townsend back to his ‘very best’ for Crystal Palace – Allardyce

Crystal Palace came back from two goals down to secure a point in an entertaining match at Selhurst Park.

Sam Allardyce laments Palace conceding early against Leicester, but is supremely proud of their response to snatch a point.
Sam Allardyce has praised the contribution Andros Townsend has made towards Crystal Palace’s revival and the way he has proved he can play alongside Wilfried Zaha.
The winger, 25, was instrumental in the way they recovered from two down in Saturday’s 2-2 home draw with Leicester, using impressive speed and footwork to create Christian Benteke’s equalising goal.
He has rediscovered the belief with which he excelled at Newcastle last season and which has been absent at Palace until the recent improvement…

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Palace starting to buy into Allardyce’s methods ahead of trip to West Brom

It has been a slow process but Crystal Palace finally looks to have bought into manager Sam Allardyce and his methods.
When this season kicked off, with Crystal Palace spending significantly and Tony Pulis bemoaning his own club’s lack of investment, Palace fans looked on with some glee. Pulis, a manager who had previously secured an unlikely Premier League reprieve with a Palace side less talented than the current one, walked out of Selhurst Park in a controversial manner just days before the 2014-15 season began. Palace had outspent Pulis’ West Bromwich Albion this summer, an indicator to many fans at the time…

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Defence struggles as Crystal Palace suffer FA Cup exit vs. Man City

Sam Allardyce says Crystal Palace paid the ultimate price for missed opportunities against Man City.

Steve Nicol evaluates the Prem League relegation battle and predicts who will be stuck in the drop zone come season’s end.

Sam Allardyce says Crystal Palace are quite close to signing Sunderland’s Patrick van Aanholt.
Crystal Palace were knocked out of the FA Cup — a competition in which they reached the final of last season — by Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City by a score of 3-0. Palace’s performance was far from shameful but lacked the cutting edge necessary against a club of City’s stature. While referee Mike Jones could and should have sent Yaya Toure off in the latter stages of the first half, Palace were again bitten by defensive indifference and offensive profligacy. 

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Positives
Andros Townsend,…

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