Crystal Palace's struggles in the Premier League after their European adventures have been well documented. There was added scrutiny here after Oliver Glasner's heavily rotated side were held 2-2 by Finnish champions KuPS only 48 hours earlier on Thursday, adding an additional two-legged European play-off tie to their already busy schedule. The Eagles have now failed to win a league game directly after a Conference League fixture in seven of their eight attempts this season.
Crystal Palace's struggles in the Premier League after their European adventures have been well documented.
There was added scrutiny here after Oliver Glasner's heavily rotated side were held 2-2 by Finnish champions KuPS only 48 hours earlier on Thursday, adding an additional two-legged European play-off tie to their already busy schedule.
And Saturday's defeat, which came despite Glasner making 11 changes again to revert to his first-choice starting line-up, added further insult to their injury.
The Eagles have now failed to win a league game directly after a Conference League fixture in seven of their eight attempts this season.
It had all began brightly for Palace at Elland Road as Eddie Nketiah forced Lucas Perri into a sharp save with what was the game's first shot on target. But, as the game progressed, they had no answers for Ampadu's dangerous throw-ins and Calvert-Lewin's physical presence.
Devenny came off the bench to inject some spark into Palace in the closing stages but it proved too little and too late.
And their strength in depth will now be thoroughly tested in the coming weeks after they produced another underwhelming display in the second of eight matches they will play in the space of 23 days in a congested festive run.
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