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Watford go down with a whimper as Roy snubs fans
Crystal Palace's Wilfried Zaha celebrates scoring their side's first goal of the game from the penalty spot during the Premier League match at Selhurst Park, London

Crystal Palace 1–0 Watford
by Gene Sylvester 
at Selhurst Park

ROY HODGSON returned to his old south London stomping ground as his old club Crystal Palace hosted his current club Watford, with the visitors needing a win to keep their sparse chances of Premier League survival alive.

But as things turned out, this game had a distinct end-of-season feel to it, with the Eagles running out 1-0 winners, courtesy of a first half Wilfried Zaha penalty.

Before this match, Watford’s destiny was never really in doubt, with their run of five losses within their last five matches hardly inspiring a survival story.

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