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Brighton Thrash Crystal Palace 5-0 as Darío Osorio Stays on the Bench
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Brighton defeated Crystal Palace 5-0 at the Amex, briefly moving second in the table. Darío Osorio sat on the Crystal Palace bench for the entire match.
Brighton routs Palace 5-0
Brighton beat Crystal Palace 5-0 at the American Express Community Stadium as the Seagulls conceded an early own goal from Jaydee Canvot at 4' and then scored through Diego Gómez at 7' and Yasin Ayari at 10'. Pierre Sage watched from the bench as Darío Osorio did not enter despite the match being decided before the first ten minutes had elapsed.
Charalampos Kostoulas extended Brighton's lead at 48', and Jack Hinshelwood sealed the 5-0 at 83' as Crystal Palace failed to pull back. The defeat left Crystal Palace in 14th place with 7 points, and the result set up a quick turnaround for the Eagles ahead of their Europa League trip to Besiktas on Thursday, October 22, at 16:00 Chile time.
Sage admits shame
Pierre Sage said he felt "shame" at the Eagles' performance during their 5-0 thrashing by Brighton and added, "It's my fault because I am the coach, I gave the motivation." Sage told reporters, "I don't know" whether he would be given time to save his job after Palace conceded three goals in the opening 10 minutes.
Juan Manuel "Bambino" Pons criticized Sage's handling of Darío Osorio, saying, "Pay 25 million to not even field a player for five minutes in a small team like Palace is absurd." Pons also questioned the decision to keep Osorio on the bench, saying, "he doesn't put Osorio in, look at the poor guy's face," while the camera lingered on Osorio's expression.
Future and next fixtures
Crystal Palace's week turned into a pressure test for Pierre Sage after the club's 5-0 loss to Brighton, with the coach telling reporters, "Will I have time to rectify things? I do not know."
Sage also apologized to supporters, saying, "I just want to apologize to the fans because it is not normal for this club to show this face against this team."
Brighton moved up to second place in the Premier League with 16 points after the win, while Manchester City remained top with 21 points from seven matches.
Crystal Palace then prepared for Europa League action against Besiktas before returning to Premier League action on Sunday at home to Newcastle, with the match schedule placing Sage's next decisions under scrutiny.