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Wilfried Zaha "buzzing to be back" after Palace thump West Brom

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Wilfried Zaha had missed two games after testing positive for coronavirus.

Wilfried Zaha said he was "buzzing to be back" after firing Crystal Palace to a stunning 5-1 win at 10-man West Brom on his return from self-isolation.

The forward, who had missed the previous two games after a positive coronavirus test, scored twice in Sunday's demolition job at The Hawthorns.

Darnell Furlong's own goal opener and Christian Benteke's second-half brace helped earn Palace their biggest ever away win in the Premier League, with Matheus Pereira sent off for Albion.

Victory lifted Palace to 11th, three points off the top five.

"I'm very happy. I'm always happy when the team's winning and obviously I can add some goals as well. A good day in all," he told the club's official website.

"Obviously it wasn't nice staying at home away from the team, especially those two games I feel I could have helped. I'm buzzing to be back and the team's winning – that's all I care about.

"Chris (Benteke) is as good as he always is really, but I feel like everyone's making noise because he managed to score. So I'm happy for him. He's worked hard, managed to get his opportunity and he took it.

"Ebere Eze is a quality player, he glides through people. It's nice having someone on your wavelength and that's a tricky player as well, because I know half of the stuff he's going to do, so I just position myself to get the ball. It's been a joy."

Conor Gallagher had levelled for Albion after half-an-hour but, four minutes later, Pereira was dismissed for kicking out at Patrick Van Aanholt.

The controversial decision changed the game to leave the Baggies second bottom, but defender Semi Ajayi insists they have to move on.

"We can't let a result like this derail our season. We know we weren't good enough," he told the club's official website. "We will work hard to improve and hopefully we will be a lot stronger next week.

"I think it was a very even game before the red card. If anything I thought we were edging it.

"Going down to 10 men changed things massively, but I don't think it should've had as much of an effect on our performance as it did.

"We need to put this result behind us because there's a lot more to play for this season."

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Premier League Table
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Tottenham HotspurSpurs1274124101425
2Liverpool127412718925
3Leicester CityLeicester128042415924
4Southampton127232417723
5Chelsea1264225121322
6West Ham UnitedWest Ham126242015520
7Everton126242118320
8Manchester UnitedMan Utd116231917220
9Manchester CityMan City115421711619
10Aston Villa106042113818
11Crystal Palace125251817117
12Newcastle UnitedNewcastle115241416-217
13Wolverhampton WanderersWolves125251116-517
14Leeds UnitedLeeds124261722-514
15Arsenal124171015-513
16Brighton & Hove AlbionBrighton122461521-610
17Burnley11236618-129
18Fulham122281222-108
19West Bromwich AlbionWest Brom12138925-166
20Sheffield UnitedSheff Utd120111521-161
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