5 games that cost Alan Pardew his job at Crystal Palace

Aston Villa 1-0 Crystal Palace (January 12)

Photo: Marc Atkins / Offside.

All the way back on January 12, Aston Villa won for just the second time in the Premier League all season, and it was at the expense of Crystal Palace.

Pardew’s side had just lost 3-0 at home to Chelsea to start 2016, and would have fancied their chances against the division’s worst side, yet they didn’t turn up.

A terrible error from Wayne Hennessey gifted Villa all three points and, although it may not have seemed hugely significant at the time, it sparked a run of five successive defeats, and nine defeats in 11.

A victory there may well have instigated an improved set of results in the second half of the season, and may have given Pardew more time this season.

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