It wasn’t pretty, but Roy Hodgson probably couldn’t care less. Luka Milivojevic’s first-half penalty – the 20th of the Serbia midfielder’s Crystal Palace career – and a late strike from substitute Andros Townsend inflicted another away defeat on Norwich as the hosts equalled their best-ever sequence without losing at home in the Premier League.
After the euphoria of the victory over Manchester City a fortnight ago, the cold reality of life in English football’s topflight is now biting for Daniel Farke’s side.
A fifth defeat in their last six matches in all competitions and a growing injury list means last season’s Championship winners are facing a long season of struggle, although their manager will know it could easily have been different had they taken their chances in the first half.
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