When Aaron Ramsdale swapped warming the bench at Arsenal for a relegation battle with Southampton, even the England goalkeeper could not have imagined it would be this bad. Another defeat ? a 15th in 19 Premier League games ? was especially hard to take after Tyler Dibling had given them a surprise lead to end a four-match wait to score a league goal and their first under the new manager, Ivan Juric.
But while Ramsdale was angered by the decision not to disallow Trevoh Chalobah?s equaliser for a push on the Southampton goalkeeper, it was only down to a string of fine saves that the scoreline was respectable as Palace secured a second home victory of the campaign thanks to Eberechi Eze?s brilliant finish. That leaves Oliver Glasner?s side looking much more comfortable after their slow start to the season ? while surpassing Derby?s Premier League record low points tally of 11 may be the limit to Juric?s ambitions.
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