Hodgson Delighted With Batshuayi Impact

Roy Hodgson praised his new arrival Michy Batshuayi for making an instant impression despite not being a Crystal Palace player for much more than 24 hours after he played a key part in securing his new side’ 2-0 win against Fulham.

A Luka Milivojevic penalty on 25 minutes put Palace in pole position for the points, but the win was wrapped up by Jeffrey Schlupp with three minutes remaining with Batshuayi heavily involved in the build-up as some trickery in the area and a fierce shot saw the chance present itself to the Ghanaian, which delighted Hodgson who had a hunch Batshuayi would make an instant impression.

Speaking in his post-match press conference, Hodgson discussed a number of issues…