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Alan Pardew dances on touchline after Jason Puncheon goal when he should have been urging his players to concentrate and keep their heads in FA Cup final
Wearing a sharp suit, Alan Pardew unveiled some even sharper and strangely alluring dance moves in his technical area when Jason Puncheon, a picture of shock and elation and local pride, blasted Crystal Palace into an improbable lead with 12 minutes left in the FA Cup final.
But Pardew has never won a major trophy in his managerial career. He has been desperately close on two occasions now. It has been 10 years since the fourth official at the Millennium Stadium indicated that there would be four more minutes for Pardew’s West Ham United to hold on to their 3-2 lead over Liverpool and Steven Gerrard responded by equalising with one of the great FA Cup final goals.
This was not the right time – if there ever is a right time, that is – for Palace’s 54-year-old manager to lose his composure on the touchline. With Palace’s players wildly celebrating with their jubilant, disbelieving, wonderful supporters in the aftermath of Puncheon’s spectacular goal, they needed direction from Pardew upon their return to the halfway line. Organise. Concentrate. Keep your heads. It’s not over yet. Instead they got a performance that might have been appropriate during the preposterous pre-match ceremony.
Palace were 1-0 up against Manchester United, 12 minutes away from winning a major honour for the first time in their 110-year history, and it was understandable that they were in dreamland.
Unfortunately, though, that is where they stayed for the next three minutes. This was a nightmare of Palace’s own making. A collective failure of concentration contributed to a sickening sequel to their 1990 heartbreak against these opponents and a defeat that will haunt them throughout a long summer. When underdogs lose, sometimes it is a hard luck story. Not here.
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Alan Pardew dances on touchline after Jason Puncheon goal when he should have been urging his players to concentrate and keep their heads in FA Cup final
Wearing a sharp suit, Alan Pardew unveiled some even sharper and strangely alluring dance moves in his technical area when Jason Puncheon, a picture of shock and elation and local pride, blasted Crystal Palace into an improbable lead with 12 minutes left in the FA Cup final.
But Pardew has never won a major trophy in his managerial career. He has been desperately close on two occasions now. It has been 10 years since the fourth official at the Millennium Stadium indicated that there would be four more minutes for Pardew’s West Ham United to hold on to their 3-2 lead over Liverpool and Steven Gerrard responded by equalising with one of the great FA Cup final goals.
This was not the right time – if there ever is a right time, that is – for Palace’s 54-year-old manager to lose his composure on the touchline. With Palace’s players wildly celebrating with their jubilant, disbelieving, wonderful supporters in the aftermath of Puncheon’s spectacular goal, they needed direction from Pardew upon their return to the halfway line. Organise. Concentrate. Keep your heads. It’s not over yet. Instead they got a performance that might have been appropriate during the preposterous pre-match ceremony.
Palace were 1-0 up against Manchester United, 12 minutes away from winning a major honour for the first time in their 110-year history, and it was understandable that they were in dreamland.
Unfortunately, though, that is where they stayed for the next three minutes. This was a nightmare of Palace’s own making. A collective failure of concentration contributed to a sickening sequel to their 1990 heartbreak against these opponents and a defeat that will haunt them throughout a long summer. When underdogs lose, sometimes it is a hard luck story. Not here.
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