It is about time we talked about Crystal Palace. When they deservedly won at Manchester City last weekend, most of the post-match chatter was about the champions’ woes.
‘We need to talk about Kevin,’ read one headline after a disastrous display from the usually brilliant De Bruyne. Now we need to talk about Patrick.
New boss Vieira has Palace within touching distance of the European spots in the table. And they could be even higher — four draws came before these back-to-back wins, two of which saw them concede very late equalisers.
But now performances are being turned into results.