Wilfried Zaha stars in Crystal Palace’s five-goal thrashing of Leicester

The majority in this stadium broke away from celebrating their team’s flurry of late goals to serenade Roy Hodgson as full-time approached, the Crystal Palace manager responding with a wave from his dugout. The south London club may not be arithmetically assured of survival but this was surely the riotous victory which extended their stay in the Premier League into a sixth campaign. He deserved his moment.

To have in effect guaranteed their status before the end of April is remarkable. Rewind to September and the side had languished pointless and goalless at the foot of the table after seven games, Frank de Boer’s tenure having already been curtailed with the dust still to settle on the summer transfer window. Hodgson had come in as a firefighter. He has since steered the side to 38 points with two games to go without a goalscoring centre-forward, a crippling injury list and with no significant additions in January.

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