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title: "Crystal Palace: Fans fume at Cheikhou Kouyate following his performance vs Liverpool"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Luke Seychell"
section: "Crystal Palace"
published: "2020-12-19T14:25:35Z"
modified: "2020-12-19T14:25:35Z"
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# Crystal Palace: Fans fume at Cheikhou Kouyate following his performance vs Liverpool

**Many Crystal Palace fans are fuming following the performance of Cheikhou Kouyate in the match against reigning Premier League Champions Liverpool.**

He signed for the club as a central midfielder, but played at the back to cover injuries and has stuck ever since. He has been solid this season and even picked up a goal against Everton earlier in the campaign.

However, he looked tired against the Reds at Selhurst Park and in the first half the [first goal the away side](https://www.sofascore.com/crystal-palace-liverpool/hsU) scored could arguably have been down to the poor defending of the Senegalese international. He has played three games in six days including Saturday’s defeat to the Reds – perhaps why he was withdrawn after an hour – but it’s fair to say fans don’t have much sympathy after such a heavy defeat.

The Palace faithful were slating the [30 year-old](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/cheikhou-kouyate/profil/spieler/66934) on Twitter, with one calling him ‘horrendous’. With the Christmas period bringing about the heavily congested period, Hodgson may need to think about resting Kouyate for their next fixture.

### Here is what Palace fans said following the news:

> Kouyate is horrendous at CB, got a mistake in him every game
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> — Godden (@x\_godden) [December 19, 2020](https://twitter.com/x_godden/status/1340277637881733120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Kouyate having a shambles
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> — Robert 🦅 (@cpfc\_Rob) [December 19, 2020](https://twitter.com/cpfc_Rob/status/1340277555132321792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Kouyate again at fault for a goal.. when can we admit he is average at best?
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> — Luke (@Luke\_Meaton) [December 19, 2020](https://twitter.com/Luke_Meaton/status/1340274981490618370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Kouyate gives the ball away stupidly so much
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> — Andreas Palmas🇬🇷🇨🇾 (@andreaspalmas) [December 19, 2020](https://twitter.com/andreaspalmas/status/1340277229914382336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Kouyate was completely lost then
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> — matthew loveridge (@mattylovo) [December 19, 2020](https://twitter.com/mattylovo/status/1340282626360434688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Cahill and Kouyate are having a disastrous day. [#cpfc](https://twitter.com/hashtag/cpfc?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Bryan Garcia (@BryanUF) [December 19, 2020](https://twitter.com/BryanUF/status/1340282286785368067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***In other Palace news, have a read of a bizarre statistic about the club which fans aren’t happy with [here](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/crystal-palace-news/crystal-palace-fans-react-to-crazy-stat-about-the-club-since-hodgson-took-over/)!***