Crystal Palace beat Middlesbrough Saturday at the Riverside Stadium
Alan Pardew’s side secured their first win of the season Saturday, and Crystal Palace fans were over the moon.
New signing Christian Benteke put Palace 1-0 up in the 16th minute, and Boro got back in the game in the 38th minute with Daniel Ayala equalising.
Wilfried Zaha scored the winner at the beginning of the second-half. Although Boro were pressing to draw level, Crystal Palace managed to hold on and secured a crucial three points.
One of the stand out performances for Palace was Benteke, who joined the club in the summer from Liverpool for a club record fee of £27 million. Zaha was also one of Palace’s best players on the day. The winger looked like a real threat throughout the game. Boro will be thankful that the scoreline wasn’t more.
Crystal Palace’s win ends Middlesbrough’ unbeaten start to the season.
Palace fans took to Twitter to react to their first victory of the season.
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