Gus Poyet dropped out-of-form goalkeeper Vito Mannone for Sunderland's Barclays Premier League trip to Crystal Palace as Costel Pantilimon came in. Having conceded 10 goals in his previous two outings, including an 8-0 thrashing at Southampton, Mannone missed out as former Manchester City stopper Pantilimon was handed a league debut. There was also a full debut for experienced full-back Anthony Reveillere who replaced Wes Brown in the Black Cats' defence whilst Connor Wickham and Jordi Gomez also returned for Poyet's side after sitting out the 2-0 loss at Arsenal. Crystal Palace made just one alteration from their 2-2 draw at West Brom as Scott Dann recovered from a knee injury to replace...
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