Minutes prior to kick-off of Palace’s Premier League opener against Arsenal at Selhurst Park, the Eagles confirmed the departure of their Belgian striker.
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Kylian Mbappe scored four goals to help World Cup titleholders France secure an 8-0 home demolition of Kazakhstan.
The Belgium international, who joined Palace five years ago for a club record fee, netted 10 goals from 30 league appearances in 2020/21.
Palace hit the post in the final seconds, but Chelsea held on for a result which – for now at least – sends them third in the table before Leicester City’s trip to Arsenal tonight
The win also moved them 12 points clear of the drop and left their rivals still waiting for a first win of 2020 and loitering nervously on the periphery of the relegation zone
Richarlison’s superb individual goal helped lift Everton to within five points of the Champions League places after a 3-1 win over struggling Crystal Palace.
Christian Benteke is set to leave Crystal Palace after reportedly receiving a big-money deal to move to the Chinese Super League.
Benteke, Wilfried Zaha and Bakary Sako all notched on the break at the King Power Stadium for the Eagles, who ended a run of ten consecutive games without an away goal in the top flight in order to record their first win on the road since April.
The Belgium international, Palace’s top scorer last season, sustained the injury in last month’s defeat to league leaders Manchester City.
Palace have already extended the worst-ever top flight start for a generation to six matches and despite the strength of their upcoming opponents, they cannot afford to go almost a quarter of the way through the campaign without any sort of a return
Already, Winger Wilfried Zaha has not recovered from his knee injury in time for Palace’s visit to Manchester United in the English Premier League on Saturday.
The former Liverpool and Aston Villa front man has been linked by media with a move to either Everton or Chelsea in recent weeks as both clubs seek to reinforce their attacking options, ahead of the start of the new season.
Hull City follow Sunderland and Middlesbrough into the Championship
The result leaves Palace seven points clear of the relegation zone with six games remaining, while the Foxes are two points better off
The Nigerian international is nursing a calf strain, which has seen forced him out of action
With less than a quarter-of-an-hour on the clock, Christian Benteke thought he had opened the scoring for the visitors but his fine header rebounded off the crossbar and went clear
Palace has said that the fee for Benteke – who has signed a four-year deal – will remain undisclosed but it is reported to be in the region of £30 million
Jurgen Klopp started with a 4-4-2 formation to match Leicester and it appeared to be working as Coutinho and Lallana both missed the target with decent chances
A first victory in three for the Red Devils lifts them up to second place on goal difference, while their underwhelming arch-rivals are now down in ninth
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