Last night Stoke City missed the chance to go back to the top of the Coca-Cola League Championship table as they were beaten at home 2-1 by Neil Warnock’s Crystal Palace.
First-half goals from Soares (23 minutes) and Fonte (45 minutes) were enough to give all three points to Crystal Palace, as they held on to take all three points. Whelan pulled one back with five minutes to go for Stoke, but it wasn’t enough.
Crystal Palace now find themselves in the top six for the first time this year, inline for the play-offs.
In the post match interview Neil Warnock said:
“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 [...] we were positive and I’m proud of them as the tackles were flying in. It was a great win, I love winning like that.”
Crystal Palace have made a sensational rise from relegation possibles to play-off contenders under the guidance of seasoned and out-spoken manager, Neil Warnock. The meteroic rise up the table is similar to a couple of seasons ago when Ian Dowie managed a similar run of victories that ended with Crystal Palace winning the play-off final victory and promotion to the Premiership.
The top six in the Coca-Cola Championship table are separated by a meagre eight points, and below Crystal Palace are Wolves, who have sneaked up to seventh, only a point behind Palace with two games in hand.
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