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Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew: 'Leicester difficult to catch in title race'

Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew says that Leicester City will be "difficult to catch" in the Premier League title race.

By Danielle Joynson, Staff Reporter

Published: March 19 2016 | 17:35

Last updated: March 21 2016 | 15:24

Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew has claimed that Leicester City will be "difficult to catch" in the Premier League title race.

The Foxes extended their lead at the top of the Premier League table by eight points following a 1-0 win over Palace at Selhurst Park on Saturday.

The Eagles are yet to win a league game this year following nine defeats and two draws.

"We are down, frustrated, we wanted to keep momentum after the FA Cup win over Reading but Leicester are top of the league for a reason," BBC Sport quotes Pardew as saying. "They have a lovely balance to the team, they will be difficult to catch and they would be worthy champions."

Palace are 15th in the league table.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Liverpool	16	12	3	1	37	16	21	39
2	Chelsea	17	10	5	2	37	19	18	35
3	Arsenal	17	9	6	2	34	16	18	33
4	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest	17	9	4	4	23	19	4	31
5	Bournemouth	17	8	4	5	27	21	6	28
6	Aston Villa	17	8	4	5	26	26	0	28
7	Manchester City Man City	17	8	3	6	29	25	4	27
8	Newcastle United Newcastle	17	7	5	5	27	21	6	26
9	Fulham	17	6	7	4	24	22	2	25
10	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	17	6	7	4	27	26	1	25
11	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	17	7	2	8	39	25	14	23
12	Brentford	17	7	2	8	32	32	0	23
13	Manchester United Man Utd	17	6	4	7	21	22	-1	22
14	West Ham United West Ham	17	5	5	7	22	30	-8	20
15	Everton	16	3	7	6	14	21	-7	16
16	Crystal Palace	17	3	7	7	18	26	-8	16
17	Leicester City Leicester	17	3	5	9	21	37	-16	14
18	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	17	3	3	11	27	40	-13	12
19	Ipswich Town Ipswich	17	2	6	9	16	32	-16	12
20	Southampton	17	1	3	13	11	36	-25	6