With a combined age of 138 and 34 managerial posts spread across four continents between them, Roy Hodgson and Marcelo Bielsa have seen it all before. But despite that wealth of experience in the dugout, this encounter was the first time that the two men had met and it was certainly worth the wait.
An inspirational performance from Palace’s Eberechi Eze meant Leeds suffered a second successive 4-1 defeat, although Bielsa must still be wondering why Patrick Bamford’s first-half equaliser was disallowed for offside. But having seen his side fall behind to Scott Dann’s early header, the former
Argentina manager will know his defenders made things too easy for their opponents thereafter as Eze’s superb free-kick, a bizarre own goal and Jordan Ayew’s first of the season sealed victory for the hosts.