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Crystal Palace boss Hodgson happy Batshuayi off the mark

Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson was happy to see Michy Batshuayi get off the mark for their rout of Leicester City.

Batshuayi, on-loan from Chelsea, struck in the 4-1 win.

Hodgson said, "He's looking very lively I think as a Crystal Palace player. Up at Doncaster, he was unlucky not to score. We think that he's doing what we would like him to do and showing all the signs we expected from him in terms of being a goalscorer.

"His performance today was really, really good in every respect. Not just offensively, it was a good performance defensively because we blocked off a lot of the passes into the centre of midfield. He dropped deep and made it difficult for them."

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