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title: "Crystal Palace: Fans slam Cheikhou Kouyate display"
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author: "Adam Clancy"
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published: "2021-08-21T15:54:31Z"
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# Crystal Palace: Fans slam Cheikhou Kouyate display

**Many Crystal Palace fans have been left slamming the display of Cheikhou Kouyate in their home game against Brentford on Saturday afternoon.**

The Senegal international returned to his more natural position in the centre of midfield after playing a lot of the 2020/21 season in central defence ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/cheikhou-kouyate/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/66934/plus/0?saison=2020&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=)), but he really struggled to make the adjustment against the Bees.

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He was guilty of giving the ball away many times throughout the match, especially in the first half, and also lost a lot of his own individual battles in the middle of the park.

With Jairo Riedewald sitting on the bench, Kouyate may fear for his place in the starting line-up under new manager Patrick Vieira, especially in midfield, if he continues to put in poor performances like this one at Selhurst Park.

### Crystal Palace fans on Kouyate display

These CPFC supporters slammed his performance on Twitter, with one Eagle even going as far as to claim that he is the ‘weakest link’:

**“Kouyate is so bad on the ball”**

[Credit: @DanHuff23](https://twitter.com/DanHuff23/status/1429099674519187461)

**“My knees feel weak every time Kouyate touches the football”**

[Credit: @localpla8tic](https://twitter.com/localpla8tic/status/1429097335871639554)

**“Kouyate needs to go. Clearly the weakest link”**

[Credit: @hollaatmefelix](https://twitter.com/hollaatmefelix/status/1429096902193258501)

**“Started well enough. Then they got the measure of us. We don’t seem to be able to keep going. And Kouyate has been terrible.”**

[Credit: @jimbo2556](https://twitter.com/jimbo2556/status/1429096680155230208)

**“Kouyate bit of a mare.”**

[Credit: @CHSCPFC](https://twitter.com/CHSCPFC/status/1429096289837408259)

**“Kouyate nowhere near good enough to play the CDM role in the new system”**

[Credit: @wblack85](https://twitter.com/wblack85/status/1429095717960835079)

[***In other news, find out which club post had Eagles talking here!***](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/crystal-palace-news/crystal-palace-fans-react-to-eze-and-olise-post/)