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title: "“A Class Above”: Palace Fans Praise Riedewald after Brighton Draw"
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published: "2020-10-20T14:00:53Z"
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# “A Class Above”: Palace Fans Praise Riedewald after Brighton Draw

Palace fans were quick to note the performance of one key player in the 1-1 weekend draw with arch-rivals Brighton.

Jairo Riedewald [unusually made a rare start against the Seagulls](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jairo-riedewald/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/241481/plus/0?saison=&verein=873&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=), but offered a commendable display that exhibited his nimbleness, strong ball control and passing abilities.

Hodgson’s rare faith in the young Dutchman was seemingly rewarded with an impressive overall midfield display. A [pass success rate](https://theathletic.co.uk/2143508/2020/10/19/jairo-palace-riedewald/) of 95.8 per cent was the highest of any player to feature in the draw, demonstrating Riedewald’s composure, vision, and presence in dictating Palace’s play.

Roy Hodgson has previously labelled Riedewald as a[‘superb professional’](https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/crystal-palace-roy-hodgson-praises-jairo-riedewald-stepping-up-watford-a4308196.html) after seeing limited windows of opportunity to rack up minutes on the pitch. The former Ajax talent should be proud of his performance, managing 4 clearances and winning 4 ground duels, [as per SofaScore](https://www.sofascore.com/crystal-palace-brighton-and-hove-albion/hsF).

The typically peripheral player was unfortunate not to cap his performance with a fine assist. A perfectly weighted, line-splitting ball found its way to the feet of loanee Michy Batshuayi, who powered through on goal and thundered a strike that found its way past Matthew Ryan in the roof of the net. Unfortunately for both players, Batshuayi was adjudged by VAR to have been fractionally offside.

Riedewald, a 2017 signing in the short-lived Frank de Boer period, could be on track to enjoy something of a red-and-blue renaissance under Roy Hodgson.

Riedewald had failed to make a Premier League start since he featured in a[3-0 defeat](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/53293983)to Leicester City, and had generally served a more peripheral role in Hodgson’s squad. However, given [the injury sustained](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2020/october/roy-hodgson-provides-fitness-update-for-crystal-palace-v-brighton--hove-albion/) by James McCarthy on international duty, it is hard to envisage Riedewald failing to get a serious look in ahead of a promising fixture against Fulham.

Palace fans took to Twitter to applaud the emerging midfield dynamo…

> Twitter: One of the few positive takeaways from yesterday is how good Jairo Riedewald was.
>
> He attempted 24 passes, of whic… https://t.co/lfKZmWK4EK (@MattWoosie)

> Twitter: Jairo Reidewald is a proper baller, something that is pointless when we play with Roys tactics (@priestley93)

> Twitter: Defo getting Reidewald on the back of all my palace shirts this year ![😂](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/svg/1f602.svg) (@AdAmCpFc91)

> Twitter: Jairo Reidewald appreciation tweet ![❤️](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/svg/2764.svg)![💙](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.0/svg/1f499.svg) (@AdAmCpFc91)

> Twitter: Jairo Reidewald is a top baller put some respect on that mans name @CPFC #cpfc (@C\_sharp29)

> Twitter: Reidewald looks a prospect. Will keep my eye on him this season.. (@Chilled\_DJ)

> Twitter: Reidewald looks a class above anyone else in his position. Seems to always find time to get his pass away (@Mikerowson1Mike)