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title: "Palace fans heap praise on Zaha after display against Newcastle"
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author: "Abdullah Mulla"
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published: "2020-02-24T12:00:00Z"
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# Palace fans heap praise on Zaha after display against Newcastle

Crystal Palace fans have heaped praise on winger Wilfried Zaha after his display against Newcastle United.

The Eagles picked up a [deserved 1-0 victory](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51512521) at Selhurst Park thank to Patrick van Aanholt’s powerful free-kick beyond Martin Dubravka.

Zaha was dangerous as always and was a nuisance to the Newcastle defence, proven by the fact that Valentino Lazaro was shown a[straight red card](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51512521) for bringing the Ivorian down late in the game.

The 27-year-old played one key pass and had the second-most touches of the ball in the Palace team during the victory ([WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1376127/LiveStatistics/England-Premier-League-2019-2020-Crystal-Palace-Newcastle-United)).

Another statistic which proves that Zaha was having a good game is that he was [fouled three times](https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1376127/LiveStatistics/England-Premier-League-2019-2020-Crystal-Palace-Newcastle-United) in total by the Newcastle players, which goes some way to show that he was tough to contain.

Zaha, who is valued at £49.5m by [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/wilfried-zaha/leistungsdaten/spieler/145988), has [three goals and five assists](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/wilfried-zaha/leistungsdaten/spieler/145988) in the Premier League so far this term.

These fans took to Twitter to show their appreciation of his performance.

> Twitter: @wilfriedzaha Great performance Wilf. Shame you always get hacked down when near goal though ![🦅](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f985.svg)![❤️](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/2764.svg)![💙](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f499.svg)![🦅](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f985.svg) (@cpfcmaz)

> Twitter: @wilfriedzaha Class today mate well in ![🔴](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f534.svg)![🔵](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f535.svg) (@BMCPFC)

> Twitter: @wilfriedzaha Our King right there. Love you Wilf ![❤️](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/2764.svg)![💙](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f499.svg)![⚽️](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/26bd.svg) (@Cpfcem)

> Twitter: @wilfriedzaha Class today Wilf well done (@joe\_cpfc\_01)

> Twitter: @wilfriedzaha I love you more than most members of my own family. (@HLTCO)

> Twitter: @wilfriedzaha Well done today Wilf![👏](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f44f.svg)![👏](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f44f.svg)![❤️](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/2764.svg)![💙](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f499.svg) (@BenM\_CPFC)

> Twitter: @wilfriedzaha Well played today @wilfriedzaha Lazaro couldn’t handle you ![👍](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f44d.svg) (@gegne78)