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Van Aanholt reveals hard work paid off

Patrick van Aanholt is used to scoring against David De Gea, however, unlike his strike back at Selhurst Park in 2018, the left-back's goal secured the victory for the Eagles.

Catching up post-match with Palace TV, the Netherlands international discussed just how hard the boys had to work for the three points: "I’m very happy; we knew it was going to be a hard game today; we’ve been working very hard all week on our defensive shape. We worked very hard and got the three points.

"It was very tiring because you obviously can’t defend for 90 minutes; we dug in and did well.