Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew ‘shocked’ by first 45 minutes at Hawthorns

However, first-half goals from Craig Gardner, Craig Dawson and Saido Berahino settled the game before half-time, despite a Connor Wickham-inspired Palace revival in the second-half contributing to a 3-2 West Brom win.

Saido Berahino says he is happy to have scored the deciding goal against Crystal Palace after apologizing to West Brom.

It took Albion just 12 minutes to open the scoring as Salomon Rondon’s low shot was parried by Wales goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey, fortuitously into the path of Gardner who finished low into the open goal.

If Palace could cling to any crumb of comfort, it was that Spurs fought back to draw that match, and within three minutes of the start of the second half, the visitors were back in it.

Berahino added that West Brom wanted to bounce back from exiting the FA Cup in the fifth round at the hands of Championship side Reading last weekend.

Palace boss Alan Pardew was critical of his side for their first-half display but felt they should have had two penalties in the second half.

The Daily Express is reporting that Tony Pulis is becoming frustrated with life at The Hawthorns, and is considering leaving the club at the end of the season.

“I don’t know whether it was a foul a free-kick or whatever, but I know he was in pain when he came off. Until you scan it, I just don’t know”.

The Belfast-native has played 313 matches for the club, and West Brom’s official Twitter account tweeted this week: “We didn’t have to think too long about this Saturday’s Albion News cover”.

“I’ll sit down with Jeremy and we will take it from there”.

“The structure of the team worked a lot better for us in the second half, that’s how we’ve had our success with Yannick Bolasie and Wilfried Zaha on the wings and that gives us more balance”. But the one earlier is much more important.

But he said: “It is something I look back on and really regret”.