EPL: Cardiff City relegated to Championship after home loss to Crystal Palace
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| Josh Murphy looks dejected after Cardiff City's home loss to Crystal Palace - Chris Fairweather/Huw Evans/Rex/Shutterstock/TheGuardian |
Cardiff City will make an instant return to the Championship after their Premier League relegation was confirmed with a home defeat against an impressive Crystal Palace.
Needing to win this game to keep intact their faint hopes of staying up, Cardiff hit the post inside the first minute through Josh Murphy but then fell behind when their former loanee Wilfried Zaha fired into the bottom corner from the edge of the area.
The Bluebirds equalised less than two minutes later as Martin Kelly turned a Leandro Bacuna cross into his own net, only for Palace to regain the lead as Michy Batshuayi applied an emphatic finish to a fluent passing move.
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| Mitchy Batshuayi scores the second goal for Crystal Palace - Stu Forster/Getty/TheGuardian |
Cardiff rallied with a handful of second-half chances but Andros Townsend crushed any lingering hopes the hosts had of avoiding relegation when he cut inside from the right wing and struck with a low effort that went in off the post.
Cardiff City's relegation to the Championship confirmed after the loss to Crystal Palace - As posted... 👇👇
FULL TIME: #CardiffCity 2-3 @CPFC— Cardiff City FC (@CardiffCityFC) May 4, 2019
Today’s result confirms that #CardiffCity will finish 18th in the @premierleague table and play in the @SkyBetChamp in 2019/20.#CityAsOne pic.twitter.com/29fxkKxGlN
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