Sam Allardyce Ecstatic over Crystal Palace Win

Crystal Palace manager, Sam Allardyce, has expressed his relief and excitement regarding their win over Bournemouth in yesterday’s English Premier League match.

This is the first win for Crystal Palace in the Premier League since Allardyce took over as manager in December of last year.

Crystal Palace beat Bournemouth 2-0, after Christian Benteke and Scott Dann both scored goals.

“It’s a relief for me. I don’t think I’ve quite gone so long when I’ve taken over at a new club and had to wait for my first win,” Allardyce told reporters after the match.

He continued, saying that yesterday’s game was the first time his team looked like his own.

“It really should have happened in the first game at Watford, we missed a penalty and it’s been a long haul since but I think the players today have looked like how I would expect a team of mine to look”.

Allardyce also had a lot of praise for Man of the Match, Wilfried Zaha, who has just returned to the Premier League after representing his country, Ivory Coast, in the ongoing AFCON tournament.

“[He was] outstanding…He gets in the positions he gets in and I think he was unfortunate not to score today but he had some good ball retention and was really dangerous against the opposition’s defence…It’s really, really great to have him back [sic],” he said.

Crystal Palace next face Sunderland at home.