Manager
Crystal Palace reported set to sack Pierre Sage
Palace are bottom after a 3-1 defeat to Liverpool, and talkSPORT says chairman Steve Parish has decided on a change. Thomas Frank is tipped.
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Crystal Palace are reported to be about to sack manager Pierre Sage, with several outlets saying a decision could come during the international break. The move follows a 3-1 home defeat to Liverpool at Selhurst Park in the 10th round of the Premier League, which left Palace bottom of the table.
Alexis Mac Allister put Liverpool ahead in the 40th minute and Florian Wirtz doubled the lead in the 54th. Alexander Isak made it 3-0 in the 89th minute, and Eddie Nketiah pulled one back from a penalty in the fifth minute of added time. Liverpool are fourth with 18 points from 10 games; Palace have seven.
According to talkSPORT, chairman Steve Parish has decided to sack Sage after only 16 games in charge. The Evening Standard reports that the club is set to begin its search for a new manager during the break.
Thomas Frank is seen as an early front-runner, having been interviewed for the job in the summer, talkSPORT reports. The same outlet says Parish also admires Sean Dyche and Coventry manager Frank Lampard, while former Palace defender Tony Popovic, now Australia's national team boss, is a left-field option.
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- NTV Spor — Liverpool, Crystal Palace'ı 3 golle geçti
- Daily Mail — Premier League: Liverpool search for win at Crystal Palace after back-to-back defeats, while Chelsea visit struggling Sunderland - plus two more games
- The Guardian — Alexander Isak tops off goal trio for Liverpool as late penalty offers little for Crystal Palace
- Sportschau — Premier League: Wirtz trifft bei Liverpools 3:1-Sieg gegen Crystal Palace
- Hürriyet — Liverpool, Crystal Palace deplasmanında galip!
- Der Spiegel — Florian Wirtz beim FC Liverpool: Erstes Ligator der Saison gegen Crystal Palace
- Evening Standard — Crystal Palace 1-3 Liverpool: Florian Wirtz on target as Eagles hit rock-bottom in Premier League
- Habertürk — Liverpool'a Crystal Palace tesellisi!
- Mirror — Liverpool's patience with Alexander Isak pays off as win puts Pierre Sage on the brink
- BBC Sport — Liverpool dispatch Palace to pile pressure on Sage
- Sky Sports — Sage in big trouble as Palace hit rock-bottom after defeat to Liverpool
- Foot Mercato — Crystal Palace va licencier Pierre Sage !
- talkSPORT — Pierre Sage set for sacking as Crystal Palace consider Premier League manager and ex-player
- The Sun — Crystal Palace ‘ready to sack Pierre Sage’ after woeful start to season with two immediate frontrunners to replace him
- RMC Sport — Pierre Sage de plus en plus menacé: Crystal Palace s’enfonce dans la crise
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