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Welcome to LIVE text commentary of this Premier League clash between Crystal Palace and Chelsea from Selhurst Park. Team news to follow...

Premier League / Matchday 32
Selhurst Park / 29.03.2014
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    Updated 29/03/2014 at 16:52 GMT


    17'
    Bolasie has another go but this time Terry is in the way. Palace pinning Chelsea back at the moment.
    16'
    Bolasie skips away from Ivanovic but Cahill cuts out the cross.
    15'
    Luiz is back on and we are back underway.
    14'
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    Luiz has stayed down here and is receiving treatment.
    12'
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    Palace break but Bolasie catches Luiz late and is shown a yellow card.
    11'
    Chance for Chelsea! Ivanovic's long throw comes to Torres, who can't make a clean contact as his shot is deflected out for a corner.
    10'
    10 minutes in and Palace are defending diligently.
    9'
    Chelsea break through Lampard. The ball is worked out to Hazard, who finds a yard of space but lashes a wild shot into the Holmesdale Road end.
    8'
    Strong run by Matic but he fails to find Lampard, who was to his left.
    7'
    Palace hoist a high ball into the box but Jerome is penalised for a push on Cahill.
    6'
    There's a great atmosphere at Selhurst Park today. Palace may not win today, but their fans certainly won't be outsung.
    5'
    Mariappa and Puncheon combine well down the right, but Puncheon's cross is cut out and Chelsea eventually get it clear.
    4'
    Luiz goes for goal from 30 yards and, well, the less said about that the better.
    3'
    Palace trying to get ahold of the ball, but Chelsea seeing more of it at the moment.
    2'
    Good pressure by Palace, who force David Luisz into a mistake in the middle of the field - but the over eager Ledley fouls the Brazilian.
    1'
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    KICK OFF. Chelsea, in all white today, get us underway.
    14.55
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    Can Crystal Palace 'do a Villa' and beat Chelsea? Or will it be a case of 'how many' for Jose Mourinho's side? Tweet me your pre-match thoughts @mjdasilva
    14.50
    Meanwhile, Chelsea have won eight and lost none of the last 12 league meetings against Crystal Palace. The Blues are unbeaten in their nine Premier League London derbies this season (W6 D3).
    14.45
    A few pre-match stats for you... The Eagles have won just five of their 25 Barclays Premier League London derbies at Selhurst Park. Infact, they have the lowest points per game of any of the capital clubs in local clashes (0.88 per game).
    14.40
    Okay then, Jose.
    14.35
    Jose Mourinho on the Villa defeat: "Yes, because the other matches we lost because we didn't play well, because the opponent was better than us, because we missed big chances. If you go to the other matches you find the natural reasons for losing a match, if you go to the Villa match it's difficult. What happened in the defeat against Villa I never learn, I never accept. Somebody was very successful in putting a hurdle in front of us. And we crashed the hurdle against Aston Villa and we lost."