Sam Allardyce could not have picked a worse time to lose his first ever Premier League match against Southampton at St Mary’s.
Until the final 10 minutes his record looked intact with a draw but late goals from Maya Yoshida and James Ward-Prowse ended Crystal Palace’s four-match winning streak and left them nervously amongst the relegation candidates.
The quality of Palace’s goal leaves on bewildered by how they are in this predicament.
It started inside their own half and swept from left to right; Wilfried Zaha cutting in from the flank, passing to Jason Puncheon who laid off to Andros Townsend and his low, hard cross was diverted in practically on the goal line by Benteke.