Good evening everyone, got your breath back after that frightening second half?<\/p>\n
Yikes, that took some sitting through. I was pretty pleased to be 2-0 up at half-time after goals from Tom Soares (ably setup by Scott Sinclair) and Jose Fonte (with a scorcher of a volley), although I might have changed that view after seeing us sit back and invite Stoke to attack us during the second half.<\/p>\n
As it turned out all Stoke could muster in reply was their own thunderbolt from Glen Whelan, and while that provided us with an even more uncomfortable last few minutes it wasn’t enough to stop us from leaving the Britannia Stadium with three points.<\/p>\n
Neil Warnock summarised the result by saying, “It’s not easy coming to Stoke, you know you are going to be very physically tested throughout. I thought we played some great football at times and we scored a couple of good goals too, which helped.”<\/p>\n
Best of all, we’re back in the play-off places. With 4 games to go can we stay there?<\/p>\n
Stoke City 1-2 Crystal Palace<\/a> [BBC Sport]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Good evening everyone, got your breath back after that frightening second half? Yikes, that took some sitting through. I was pretty pleased to be 2-0 up at half-time after goals from Tom Soares (ably setup by Scott Sinclair) and Jose Fonte (with a scorcher of a volley), although I might have changed that view after … Continue reading Stoke Swept Aside, Palace Return To Play-Off Positions<\/span>