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Hull relegated after heavy defeat to Crystal Palac




Hull have been relegated from the Premier League after a 4-0 defeat at Crystal Palace.
They struggled to recover after gifting Wilfried Zaha a third-minute goal, and will return to the Sky Bet Championship next season having been left four points from safety with only one fixture to play.
The hosts had needed only a draw to preserve their Premier League status, but secured all three after Christian Benteke’s 17th goal of the season was followed by Luka Milivojevic’s penalty and a Patrick Van Aanholt strike.
Hull boss Marco Silva: “Now is not the moment to talk about the future of the manager. It’s about the future of the club. I will talk to the board and the chairman first, talking inside the walls of the club. It’s easy (to see) what the club needs to do differently. We started to lose in pre-season when we were making our preparation. We tried to do many things in January, but it’s not good to be signing six or seven players in January, and losing two. You should be doing that in June, in pre-season. You need to prepare better.”
Crystal Palace boss Sam Allardyce: “I said to myself this would be the hardest one, given the quality of the teams we had to play on the run-in. The next level of the recruitment is critical to the team being more consistent and achieving more in the Premier League rather than a fight against relegation. That’s something we’ll discuss in the future. If you’ve got the label, you accept it (as a fire fighter), but building for the future relieves the stress on you. I wouldn’t want to keep fighting relegation at the end of every season. It’s about building for the future.”

Tweet of the match

Star man – Jason Puncheon

Jason Puncheon clashes with Alfred N'Diaye (Tim Ireland/Empics)
Jason Puncheon clashes with Alfred N’Diaye (Tim Ireland/Empics)
The Palace captain dictated much of his team’s tempo and discipline, which during a fixture that had the potential to overwhelm them proved key. His leadership since taking the captain’s armband has been vital to their improvement under Sam Allardyce, and he also provided the delivery from which Benteke added their second goal.

Moment of the match

It seemed insignificant in the wider context of a match that featured four goals and relegated one of the two teams involved, but Sam Clucas’ seventh-minute shot from midfield captured their afternoon – and season – in more ways than one. Despite being well struck and forcing Wayne Hennessey to save, Clucas slipped while shooting, and at 1-0 down cut such a frustrated figure at having lost his footing it already looked as though he and his team-mates felt a positive result beyond them.

View from the bench

As recently as early February, Palace looked at significant threat of relegation, so it is to Allardyce’s credit that – as he has done on so many other occasions – he has led a struggling team to survival. Victory even keeps Palace in contention for a mid-table finish. Despite Hull’s relegation, few reputations have grown during the second half of this season as manager Marco Silva’s. He had overachieved in avoiding relegation until their penultimate fixture, and they should make it their priority to extend his contract beyond this summer. Several other Premier League teams could also thrive under his management.

Player ratings

Crystal Palace: Wayne Hennessey 7, Joel Ward 6, James Tomkins 7, Martin Kelly 6, Jeffrey Schlupp 8, Luka Milivojevic 8, Yohan Cabaye 7, Jason Puncheon 8, Wilfried Zaha 8, Andros Townsend 7, Christian Benteke 8. Subs: James McArthur (for Cabaye, 62mins) 8, Patrick van Aanholt (for Townsend, 75mins) 8, Damien Delaney (for Tomkins, 86mins) 5.
Hull: Eldin Jakupovic 5, Harry Maguire 6, Andrea Ranocchia 4, Michael Dawson 5, Ahmed Elmohamady 5, Andrew Robertson 6, Sam Clucas 6, Kamil Grosicki 6, Alfred N’Diaye 6, Evandro 5, Oumar Niasse 5. Subs: Shaun Maloney (for Robertson, 45mins) 5, Jarrod Bowen (for Ranocchia, 45mins) 5, Curtis Davies (for Maguire, 50mins) 5.

Who’s up next?

Hull versus Spurs
(Steven Paston/PA)
Manchester United v Crystal Palace, Premier League, May 21
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