Premier League Roundup: Pressure on Vieira increases after another Palace loss

Three straight losses, no win in any competitors in 2023 and an alarming drop towards the Premier League’s relegation zone.

Things are going badly improper for Crystal Palace and the group’s big-name supervisor, Patrick Vieira.

What received’t assist the temper on the south London membership is the newest defeat coming at large rival Brighton, with Solly March scoring the first-half winner on Wednesday.

Palace’s final win in any competitors was at Bournemouth within the league on Dec. 31. Since then, there have been seven losses and 5 attracts in 12 video games, 11 of them coming within the league.

It is the hardest interval for Vieira within the Arsenal taking part in nice’s 20 months at Palace.

Although the group is in twelfth place within the league, such is the congested nature of the underside of the standings that Palace is simply three factors above the relegation zone and 5 factors off last-place Southampton.

Four days after a 0-0 draw at Manchester United, Southampton wasn’t capable of construct on that end result at Old Trafford and misplaced 1-0 at dwelling to Brentford.

Ivan Toney prodded dwelling the opener within the thirty second minute after a flick-on at a nook, placing him on 16 objectives for the marketing campaign — third behind Erling Haaland and Harry Kane. Toney then nodded via for Yoane Wissa to tuck dwelling the second objective in second-half stoppage time.

Brighton and Brentford have by no means performed in European competitors however that could possibly be about to vary.

Brighton, which is taking part in some enterprising soccer below Roberto De Zerbi, remained in seventh place however is now tied for factors with sixth-place Liverpool, and is simply two factors behind fifth-place Newcastle.

Brentford is one level additional again in eighth.