London May 14 (IANS) Crystal Palace on Sunday thrashed Hull City 4-0 in the English Premier League (EPL) sending the losers off to the English football championship second tier along with Sunderland and Middlesbrough.
Hull were in desperate need of a victory to try and avoid disaster after Swansea defeated Sunderland 2-0 on Saturday REPORTS eFE.
However Marco Silva s men lacked the inspiration and suffered an crushing four-goal defeat.
Wilfried Zaha Christian Benteke Luka Milivojevic and Patrick van Aanholt scored for Crystal Palace and guaranteed their team another season up in the Premier League.
Although Hull s performance was promising earlier this season it ran out of steam and fell back in the standings.
It looked like the appointment of Silva would boost Hull s EPL hopes but the Portuguese s efforts did not pull the team through in its critical moments.
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Crystal Palace beat Hull City 4-0 in EPL
