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title: "Crystal Palace morning news round-up – 20th August 2019"
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published: "2019-08-20T07:30:00Z"
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# Crystal Palace morning news round-up – 20th August 2019

The news cycle surrounding Crystal Palace never stops and as such, it can be difficult to keep up to date with everything that’s going on. Therefore, we’ve rounded up everything you might have missed from yesterday into one place.

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### [These Palace fans react to Hodgson's use of Meyer in Sheffield United loss](https://readcrystalpalace.com/2019/08/19/these-palace-fans-react-to-hodgsons-substitution-in-sheffield-united-loss/)

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Crystal Palace suffered their first defeat of the Premier League season on Sunday, losing 1-0 at Sheffield United.

A limp performance left many … [Read More](https://readcrystalpalace.com/2019/08/19/these-palace-fans-react-to-hodgsons-substitution-in-sheffield-united-loss/)

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### [Benteke blames Palace teammates for Sheffield United defeat](https://readcrystalpalace.com/2019/08/19/benteke-blames-palace-teammates-for-sheffield-united-defeat/)

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Christian Benteke is wrong to blame his teammates for Crystal Palace's 1-0 loss to Sheffield United, but the striker also shouldn't be seen as the … [Read More](https://readcrystalpalace.com/2019/08/19/benteke-blames-palace-teammates-for-sheffield-united-defeat/)

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### [These Palace fans react as Townsend is nominated for Puskas award](https://readcrystalpalace.com/2019/08/19/these-palace-fans-react-as-townsend-is-nominated-for-puskas-award/)

![](https://media.readcrystalpalace.com/readcrystalpalace/sites/17/2019/08/1074581380-300x300.jpg)

Plenty of Crystal Palace fans are coming together to remember Andros Townsend's spell-bounding strike in that famous 3-2 win at Manchester City in … [Read More](https://readcrystalpalace.com/2019/08/19/these-palace-fans-react-as-townsend-is-nominated-for-puskas-award/)

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### [Zaha criticised for lack of influence against Sheffield United](https://readcrystalpalace.com/2019/08/19/zaha-criticised-for-lack-of-influence-against-sheffield-united/)

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Wilfried Zaha's performance against Sheffield United wasn't good enough, but Roy Hodgson's use of him was a key reason for that.

The Ivorian was … [Read More](https://readcrystalpalace.com/2019/08/19/zaha-criticised-for-lack-of-influence-against-sheffield-united/)

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