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Christian Benteke needs to be a battering ram for Sam Allardyce and Pedro is finding his Barcelona form

After a bumper day of Boxing Day action in the Premier League, Sportsmail columnist Jamie Redknapp has provided his overview of Monday's play.

The early kick-off saw new Crystal Palace boss Sam Allardyce begin his reign with a 1-1 draw at Watford while Yaya Toure reminded the top-flight of his quality in Manchester City's 2-0 win at Hull in the late game.

Elsewhere, Henrikh Mkhitaryan's goal conjured up memories of 21 years ago for Redknapp while he was on England duty...

BE A BEAST, BENTEKE!

Sam Allardyce has always had battering rams of forwards such as Kevin Nolan.