Benteke unlucky not to start at Man City, says Vieira

Crystal Palace boss, Patrick Vieira, explained starting victory at Manchester City with Christian Benteke on the bench.

The Belgian forward, who has unlucky not to have added a second to his goal against Newcastle United last week, was named as a substitute before coming on to replace Jordan Ayew after the hour mark.

“I made some tough decisions – leaving Christian out of the starting XI was really difficult because the last two games I think he was fantastic,” said Vieira.

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“This shows as well the group of players that we have.

“It’s a good win, and everybody was really pleased and really happy. But we still need to work on some parts of the game that we can improve a lot.”