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Chris Kamara surprised by shaky Manchester United defence

Manchester United prepare to restart the game after going behind to Steve Sidwell's opener.
Image: David Moyes' side dropped more points at home against Fulham

Chris Kamara reflects on more dropped points at Old Trafford for United, a buoyant crowd at Selhurst Park and a fond farewell to his pal Jermain Defoe...

Man City are missing chances

KAMMY SAYS: Despite not scoring City had plenty of chances and on any other given day they'd have gone in; if you're not creating chances that's when you start to worry. Likewise in the game against Chelsea, if they'd taken their early chances it could have been a different game but once Chelsea were in front it became too big an ask. On Saturday they had good chances and Joe Hart had to make a couple of good saves to make sure he kept a clean sheet but at the other end they just weren't going in - which could be down to a little bit of doubt in their minds. We've said from the start of the season that they've got the best squad, they should be able to cope and Alvaro Negredo and Edin Dzeko are not exactly the worst substitutes in the world, so there's no excuse on that score! Of course any team would miss a player with the talent of Sergio Aguero but we've been talking all season about their virtually 'perfect Premier League winning squad' and all of a sudden we're talking about them missing players.

The 12th man at Selhurst Park

KAMMY SAYS: If a crowd can lift a team out of relegation it could be Palace. They don't stop at Selhurst Park. From the moment the referee blows the whistle to start the game to his final one, the crowd are just singing and cheering their team the whole time. I don't think I've heard such a great and well-sustained atmosphere in this league, there's never a quiet moment or a minute where those players on that pitch don't feel as though the supporters are behind them. With that support, the work the players are putting in and what Tony Pulis is doing you wouldn't be surprised to see them get out of relegation and their results have just been phenomenal.

What a kick-start for Garry Monk's career

KAMMY SAYS: What a way to start your management career! Garry Monk has been at Swansea for such a long time and you could see the love for him from Ashley Williams and the rest of the players after they got that result against Cardiff. When you looked at Garry's face you could see how much pride and satisfaction he had inside, not just for the result, but for the performance as well in such a big game; to hold their nerve and pass it around and play and comfortably beat what on paper was a tricky game, could have ended his managerial career not kick-started it.

More home woes for Paul Lambert

KAMMY SAYS: It's difficult for Villa to play at home and we've been talking about it for some time now. Away from home they play counter-attacking football but at home they find it really hard to break teams down. I'm surprised that Paul Lambert hasn't come up with a new formula for it, as Tony Pulis has done with Palace. I've been to Villa Park three times this season and when they're forced to play that's when they're not quite sure of their performance and formation. It might just need a bit of tweaking and if they do sit back they just need to let the opposition come to them a little bit more and then try and capitalise on that, but don't take anything away from West Ham because it was another big pressure game for Big Sam.

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