On Saturday Bournemouth came to Wembley.
Eddie Howe's side had beaten Chelsea 4-0 on the Wednesday before we went to Newcastle, and then lost at Cardiff on the same Saturday. They were missing Callum Wilson and David Brooks, and they still came at us in a 4-5-1 with Ryan Fraser running at our right back from the first whistle.
CRYSTAL PALACE: Pope. Ward, Dann, Tarkowski, Chilwell. Højbjerg. Bowen, McArthur, Grealish, Perišić. Pato.
Bench: Krul, Wan-Bissaka, Konaté, Neves, Kovačić, Eze, Zaha.
AFC BOURNEMOUTH: Boruc. Smith, Cook, Aké, Rico. Ibe, Gosling, Lerma, Surman, Fraser. King.
Rebecca had picked half of it. 11 days before Madrid, she had a red line under Neves, Kovačić, Konaté and Wan-Bissaka, and the 4 of them sat on the bench in their coats, zipped to the chin.
Højbjerg and Perišić had the other half. Neither of them would be in Madrid. They both played as if they were going.
Prrrp.
Fraser ran at Ward for 20 minutes. Ward stood him up every time.
