Joe Allen strike leaves Crystal Palace in trouble
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Updated 11/02/2017 at 17:34 GMT
Premier League, Bet365 Stadium – Stoke City 1 (Allen 67) Crystal Palace 0
Joe Allen celebrates scoring their first goal with Ramadan Sobhi
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Joe Allen scored a personal best sixth Premier League goal of the season as Stoke City secured a deserved 1-0 win over struggling Crystal Palace on Saturday.
Palace, embarrassingly beaten 4-0 by Sunderland last time out, were clearly under orders to provide more of a physical challenge and had three players booked before the interval.
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Crystal Palace manager Sam Allardyce looks dejected after the game
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Stoke should have taken the lead earlier when Allen headed an easy chance wide but had their patience and persistence rewarded when Ramadan Sobhi laid the ball off to the Welshman, who steered in from 10 metres on 67 minutes.
Palace sent on Jeffrey Schlupp to join other new signing Luka Milivojevic but only looked truly dangerous from set-pieces. They remain 19th, above bottom-placed Sunderland on goal difference.
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