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Leicester power too much for Palace - Pardew

Leicester City beat Crystal Palace 3-1 on Saturday and Alan Pardew accepted that they are champions for a reason.

Alan Pardew acknowledged that Leicester City's pace and power were "too much" for Crystal Palace in their 3-1 defeat, but was adamant that the score flattered the champions.

Leicester failed to win any of their previous three Premier League games before Saturday's clash, but they found their mark again, as Shinji Okazaki, Ahmed Musa and Christian Fuchs found the net – the latter two for the first time in the top flight.

Yohan Cabaye pulled one back five minutes from time, but Palace were already well beaten and Pardew was left ruing his team's struggles in front of goal.