Glenn Murray’s red taints super Eagles show

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The 31-year-old scored twice in the Eagles’ 3-1 win at West Ham on Saturday — before tainting a potential man of the match display as he picked up a red card for two bookable offences.

That means Murray will miss tomorrow’s game at Southampton as Palace go in search of a sixth straight away win – but he is back in the first-team fold having spent time out on loan at Reading as former boss Neil Warnock deemed him surplus to requirements. But, after Alan Pardew replaced Warnock, Murray was handed not only a lifeline but a new contract and, after a goal against Arsenal and his Upton Park brace, he is happy to be back involved.