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  1. Follow Saturday's Premier League games livepublished at 11:08 12 April

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    Five matches make up Saturday's Premier League action and BBC Sport will bring you every kick.

    • Manchester City v Crystal Palace (12:30)

    • Brighton v Leicester City

    • Nottingham Forest v Everton

    • Southampton v Aston Villa

    • Arsenal v Brentford (17:30)

    Kick-off times 15:00 BST unless stated

    Follow all of the action and reaction here

  2. Semi-automated offsides a 'step in right direction' but take 'with a pinch of salt'published at 11:07 12 April

    Nedum Onuoha, BBC Sport columnist
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    There are lots of different perspectives in terms of how you watch a game of football, and I think for the majority of time the people in the stadium get the best atmosphere, but the worst views of how a game has actually gone.

    You don't really get the chance to see multiple replays and have discussions about things, because you just get caught up in the moment.

    With the incoming semi automated offsides, they did promise it earlier in the season - but I think the caveat was they're only going to do it when it's ready.

    It is a positive that they didn't do it when it wasn't ready.

    One upside to to the new technology is some of the arguments disappear. Previously you could say 'but it looks like it's this to me' or 'it looks like it's that to me'. When it is presented now, there aren't many people that will then be looking at the animation, going back to the video, and then going down a proper conspiracy rabbit hole.

    So, it ends more arguments, not all arguments, but more arguments.

    I think people, as a consequence, will be more accepting of it.

    But, I still do believe that there's things for people to understand, because it can't be used in every situation. There are certain decisions which can still be a little bit more complex, and there's certain times where human intervention will still need to be brought in.

    I wouldn't say it's as clear as, say, goal line technology, but it's a step in the direction to where most people feel more comfortable accepting the outcome and the speed of it as well will be encouraged.

    It's not to say that it's going to be instant. If you believe this is going to be perfect, and always extremely fast, ask yourself, why do you think that?

    Unless somebody has told you that from PGMOL, then take it with a pinch of salt and you see how it goes.

    I think it's something that many people have seen before so hopefully there will be fewer arguments.

    But, because it's football, there'll always be something to argue about the end of the day.

  3. The answerpublished at 16:52 11 April

    Joel WardImage source, Getty Images

    Earlier, we asked how many players had made more than 180 Premier League appearances for Crystal Palace.

    The correct answer is six - Joel Ward, Wilfried Zaha, James McArthur, Jeffrey Schlupp, Jordan Ayew and Luka Milivojevic.

  4. Glasner on team news, 'amazing finisher' Marmoush and Man Citypublished at 15:14 11 April

    Tyrese King
    BBC Sport journalist

    Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Manchester City (kick-off 12:30 BST).

    Here are the key lines from his news conference:

    • Maxence Lacroix is available despite being withdrawn as a concussion substitute against Brighton. Glasner also confirmed the return of Chris Richards after missing the past two games with a calf injury.

    • Romain Esse and Matt Turner will both miss the game against the reigning Premier League champions with sickness, but should be available for the midweek fixture against Newcastle.

    • Glasner said Palace "have huge respect for Manchester City", adding: "It's a great team with one of the best managers in the last decade in the Premier League but we approach with confidence and our goal isn't to go away unbeaten but to win the game."

    • On what he expects from City: "A possession-based team, who have a clear structure in their game. Normally Pep plays with high and wide wingers but against Manchester United he played a 4-4-2 diamond with two strikers and Kevin de Bruyne more as a number 10, so I don't know exactly but we are prepared."

    • On "amazing finisher" Omar Marmoush, who Glasner previously worked with at Wolfsburg: "He has the skills and what I loved was he was two and a half years in Germany and he spoken German perfectly and this is quite unusual."

    • He continued: "He is a great guy, has all the skills and in the football career you may not have to make a straight direction to come to the top but he had a loan at St Pauli, Stuttgart, then performing for Wolfsburg, then an outstanding season for Frankfurt. Immediately he shows Manchester [City] what kind of striker he is. I'm really pleased for him but not tomorrow."

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  5. Today's trivia challengepublished at 08:07 11 April

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    How many players have chalked up more than 180 Premier League appearances for Crystal Palace?

    Can you name them all?

    Come back to this page at 17:00 BST for the answer

  6. Did you know?published at 14:41 10 April

    Jean-Philippe Mateta celebrates with Ben ChilwellImage source, Getty Images

    Only league leaders Liverpool (23) have earned more points over their past 10 Premier League games than Crystal Palace (22). The Eagles have won four of their past five league matches and six of their past eight away from home.

    Only Mohamed Salah (10) has scored more Premier League goals so far in 2025 than Crystal Palace's Jean-Philippe Mateta (nine).

  7. Bonkers, brilliant and a British traditionpublished at 09:39 9 April

    Pat Nevin
    Former footballer and presenter

    Anthony Taylor shows red card to Jan Paul van Hecke against Crystal PalaceImage source, Getty Images

    Some matches are sophisticated, exciting and some are boring, but now and again you get the odd one that is just bonkers.

    I popped down to Selhurst Park as Crystal Palace welcomed Brighton. Robustly. It wasn't that dirty but it still ended with nine men playing against 10.

    The referee had obviously watched Everton's James Tarkowski not being sent off against Liverpool and noticed the referee that night being roundly criticised by everyone, including his own bosses at the PGMOL for not reaching for his red card.

    So the man in the middle this time was not taking any chances and the flood of yellows turned quickly into reds.

    Oddly I did not blame the officials. It was a tough match to keep on track and there were a load of difficult, marginal calls to make. In the end, nine-man Palace came out winners. Brighton's vague hopes of reaching the Champions League spots melted away in the south London sunshine and the home support celebrated that fact more than any goal on the day.

    The age-old British football tradition of enjoying your fiercest rival's failure as much as your own success was effortlessly maintained. The most heartening thing about the entire day was the atmosphere that crackled noisily throughout.

    Bigger clubs now bemoan the hollow atmosphere at many of their Premier League games and I wonder if this is at least a part of the reason why the likes of Brighton, Bournemouth and Brentford are above Manchester United and Tottenham in the league table.

    Visitors from abroad always want to go to the big stadiums with the most famous names, but more and more often that is not where you will get the most authentic, loudest and most passionate matchday experience.

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  8. How did Hurzeler and Glasner behave in the technical area this weekend?published at 07:59 9 April

    George Booth
    BBC Sport journalist

    A graphic showing where both managers stood during the Crystal Palace v Brighton match. Oliver Glasner spent the majority of the game patrolling the front of his technical area while Fabian Hurzeler spent 44% of his time sitting in the dugout.

    Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner was an animated figure throughout - constantly moving in the technical area and never sitting down for long periods.

    He did generally respect the white line, only leaving his technical area once in the first half, while in the final 10 minutes of the contest he was frequently interacting with the crowd in a bid to help his team over the line.

    Fabian Hurzeler spent the majority of the first half outside his technical area, virtually inches away from the pitch, but was seated for most of the second half - despite the three red cards coming during this period.

    When his side faced a defensive set-piece, assistant manager Jonas Scheuermann took control of the technical area, with Brighton's players often looking back to follow instructions.

    The Brighton manager, with the help of his coaching staff, also interacted with fourth official Sam Allison throughout the game.

    See what all the other managers did

  9. Brighton rivalry has 'carried on with same spirit of seasons past'published at 12:26 8 April

    Alex Pewter
    Fan writer

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    Joel Ward of Crystal PalaceImage source, Getty Images

    Crystal Palace had never lost a game against Brighton when Joel Ward had been on the pitch. So with 12 minutes of stoppage time remaining, and the team already down to nine players and protecting a single-goal lead, his late arrival as a substitute was perhaps a good omen that the win would go to the Eagles - against the perceived odds.

    The rivalry with Brighton (note: not a derby), with its 1970s origins, may continue to baffle the outside footballing world but in this form it is not that complicated.

    This modern era dates back to September 2011, with a 3-1 Palace away victory that christened Amex Stadium and has been sustained by the ascent of both clubs in the decade or so that has followed.

    The embodiment of this era were the two respective academy players who started in that match - Wilfried Zaha and Lewis Dunk - one of whom remains at Brighton but is seemingly in the twilight of his Premier League career, certainly as a starter.

    There is always the question of whether players genuinely care about these types of games, which are ultimately fan-led constructs. However, Palace have been fortunate in that there has been a consistent thread from the Dougie Freedman team to that of Oliver Glasner's team, with Joel Ward and Nathaniel Clyne even still with the playing squad.

    Imagined or not, we can believe that this squad of players has carried on with the same spirit of seasons past. Indeed, this might be the last time Ward plays in the fixture, but it is clear that this iteration of Palace has managed to find leaders to carry this on into future seasons in his absence.

    On the other side of the rivalry, beyond Dunk, it is difficult to see who will carry that torch into future encounters for Brighton and be synonymous with their team in the eyes of Palace fans, given the ever-changing faces in their squad.

    However, if that continues to give Palace the advantage in future seasons then I doubt that us fans will spend too long pondering that question in great detail.

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  10. Crystal Palace 2-1 Brighton - the fans' verdictpublished at 11:57 7 April

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    We asked for your thoughts after Saturday's Premier League game between Crystal Palace and Brighton.

    Here are some of your comments:

    Palace fans

    Andy: The Eagles clipping the Seagulls' wings this season! A great game. It's a shame we will lose Marc Guehi for the next couple of Premier League games but what a trooper Maxence Lacroix is!

    Sam: What a dramatic derby! The purest form of digging in, getting your head down and defending with gritted teeth. An unbelievable climax with three early exits - I noticed the score was 2-1 on goals and red cards! An exhilarating game of football - and wonderful to have won it in the end.

    Michael: When you can grind out a win like that, when the chips are down, it says a lot about the determination and will to win from the team. We saw that in particular when we lost two players and Brighton were sensing a win. Not to mention what it says about the manager, Oliver Glasner, who has given the team the belief that if they keep going, they can win.

    Ben: Palace are riding high, although we do make it hard for ourselves at times! We have quite good strength in depth for once. Though, in my opinion, Daichi Kamada is not good enough. I know he did a couple of good things in this game but he is still not good enough for the Premier League, nor is Eddie Nketiah. The rest of the team is top quality.

    Brighton fans

    Clive: Three games, three losses. That defines the season and the manager's lack of tactical knowhow. The same excuses. Slow, ponderous and predictable.

    Fran: After the last two defeats, you would think that we would be up for it against Palace but it seems we are having problems raising it, even against them! Really disappointing and I'm not sure what the problem is? The players, manager or system? Or all three! We really need to do it against Leicester next week, otherwise our season is over. We need to forget about Europe and just finish as high as we can.

    David: Hopeless. No attacking ideas at all. We couldn't even score against nine men. Since losing on penalties in the FA Cup quarter-final, they seem to have lost interest.

    John: A totally inexperienced manager. Bundesliga 2 is not good enough for the Premier League. The tactics, motivation, substitutes and man-management is shocking.

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  11. Crystal Palace 2-1 Brighton: Key statspublished at 18:06 5 April

    Jean-Philippe Mateta and Eberechi Eze celebrateImage source, Getty Images

    Crystal Palace became the first team in Premier League history to win a home game after receiving two red cards.

    The Eagles completed a league double against Brighton for the first time since 1932-33 and for the first time ever in the top-flight.

    Since Oliver Glasner's first Premier League game in charge of Crystal Palace, only Alexander Isak (26) and Erling Haaland (25) have scored more non-penalty goals in the competition than Jean-Philippe Mateta (23).

    Jean-Phillippe Mateta (2) and Eberechi Eze (10) have assisted each other to score 12 goals in the Premier League, the most of any Crystal Palace duo in the competition.

  12. 'We fought and brought it home'published at 17:56 5 April

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    Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner has been speaking about his side's winning performance: "It is a huge win for us. This win is for our fans because know how important it is for the fans. This derby had everything you love about football. It's not good for a manager, I'm pretty exhausted but it feels good!

    "There were 12 minutes of additional time, then you see 103 minutes and you think: 'Come on, how long do we play?' Sometimes we are training nine players against 10 players and eight players against 10 players.

    "We fought and brought it home."