24 hours on players and Pelle rated at Palace

Hugh hands out his belated marks after giving himself 24 hours to think it all through LOL

Roberto: Tested early with three crosses and cleared them all decisively with a punch which ain’t ideal but performed well in general terms and made a couple of decent saves 6.5

Zaba: Unlucky to be called up for this game with Zaha working his magic but he did ok for long stretches whilst getting skinned on a couple of others 5.5

Balbuena: Turned inside out for Ayew’s goal – why didn’t he just bring him down outside the box where it started? Not great in real terms 4

Ogbonna: Excellent as usual and ridiculous that Noble should turn rotweiller on him. Well played Oggy 6.5

Cresswell: Nothing to offer much at front or back – can see him being rested tomorrow 4

Noble: Carthorse level at times interspersed with some decent passing 5

Rice: Not at his usual level and too often being left to cover acres of space 5.5

Fornals: Ok he’s getting better but is this really a £25 million player – subbed at half time 5

Snodgrass: Terrific goal but beyond that next to nothing to offer 4

Antonio: Great assist for the goal, plenty of energy and effort – at least he really tries 7

Haller: Went AWOL far too often. He’s a difficult one to work out – inconsistent 5

Subs:

Anderson: Not much flair but most passes found their target 6

Lanzini: Oh God please show us the old sparkle mate 4

Ajeti: Is this guy actually a footballer or what 0 

Pellegrini: Not many would have been able to argue at the start. He played two up, was forced to use Roberto, and beyond, Zaba stuck with the players who had got the result at Saints. But the lack of concentration from his players, and his less than impressive options from the bench -his buys by and large, plus the his dreamy inactivity in the dug out is depressing and worrying notably when things go wrong. 4