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Crystal Palace suffered their fifth straight Premier League defeat on Saturday after they were done by a set-piece that allowed Yaya Toure to score Manchester City’s winner in a 2-1 victory at Selhurst Park. Jaire Alexander Packers Jersey . Sky Sports Black Friday sale Upgrade to Sky Sports now and get 12 months half price! It is not the first time Alan Pardews side have been punished from a set-piece this season. Palace have conceded more goals from set-pieces than any other Premier League team.On Monday Night Football, former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher analysed where it went wrong for Palace and explained Toures goal stemmed from Pardews decision to substitute striker Christian Benteke. Crystal Palace have conceded the most goal from set-pieces this season The Belgium international was tasked with marking Toure at set-pieces until he was replaced by Chung-Yong Lee in the 81st minute, and that is were the confusion started for Palace.Lee can be seen telling Connor Wickham he has to pick up the City midfielder, while Pardew and his assistant Keith Millen can be seen gesticulating towards their players in an attempt to get the message across. Carragher analyses Yaya Toures winner However, it was too late and the Ivory Coast international ghosted in on goal to convert Kevin De Bruynes corner to hand City all three points and leave Palace hovering dangerously above the relegation zone.Wales manager Chris Coleman, who was a guest on Monday Night Football, gave his take on Citys winning goal and he thinks the Palace players need to take more responsibility at set-pieces. Connor Wickham loses Toure in the build-up to the goal Theres one word we always use with set plays and its accountability, Coleman told MNF. Thats what its about.The amount of games won or lost from set plays, the percentage is much higher than people think and this is a classic example. There has been a substitution, theres a little change in whos doing what and they dont organise it. Wales manager Chris Coleman was a guest on Monday Night Football They dont take responsibility. Thats the biggest thing for Crystal palace and the frustrating thing for Alan Pardew. They dont deal with it early enough and they should.The senior players need to take responsibility, he added. In the second-half, Palace did more than enough to get a point out of the game but when you defend like that from set plays at this level, you will be punished.It has been a miserable year for Palace so far and no team in English football has picked up fewer points per game than the Eagles, who are 16th in the table just one point above the drop zone. Palace have the lowest points-per-game rations in English football in 2016 Since Pardews appointment in January 2015, they have also had the fewest clean sheets in the English game with just 10 and Carragher thinks the Palace boss may have to be more conservative in his approach. Ive always admired Alan Pardew, Carragher told Sky Sports. Hes always been a front foot manager, playing two strikers and playing wingers. Crystal Palace have the fewest clean sheets in English football since Alan Pardew took over in January 2015 Hes always gone for the game and maybe that cost him at Burnley a few weeks ago, but this week taking one of the strikers off and bringing on an extra midfielder has cost him with the set-piece goal.If the set-pieces dont change, they will have a massive problem so maybe he does have to be a bit more conservative.Upgrade to Sky Sports now and get 12 months half price. Hurry, offer ends December 4! Also See: WATCH: Palace 1-2 City Pardew bemoans little errors Toure the hero on City return Carra on underrated Mata Oren Burks Packers Jersey . Head coach Corey Chamblin announced on Monday that Avon Cobourne had been hired as the defending Grey Cup champions new running backs coach. JK Scott Packers Jersey . It all would have been for naught, however, had it not been for some clutch shooting in the fourth quarter by Kobe Bryant and a couple of equally critical hustle plays by Derek Fisher and Pau Gasol in the final minutes.BOSTON - Brad Stevens knew he had an all-star point guard when he took the Celtics coaching job, but he didnt really get to see it in his first season on the Boston bench.Reconstructive knee surgery kept Rajon Rondo out for the first half of Stevens inaugural season in Boston. Rondo hadnt yet regained his old form when, as Stevens prepared for Year 2, Rondo broke his hand.After missing the entire exhibition season, though, Rondo returned for the regular season opener on Wednesday night and scored 13 points, adding 12 assists and seven rebounds in 30 minutes to help the Celtics beat the Brooklyn Nets 121-105.He looks like himself, Stevens said. He kind of looks like what I saw on film before I got here. I dont think he ever looked like that at any time last year. ... But he is back to full speed. And its really good to see.Kelly Olynyk had 19 points and Jeff Green added 17 for Boston, which opened a 29-point lead at the end of the third quarter and coasted to the win.More than an hour after the game ended, Rondo appeared in the locker room and said he was still improving.I wasnt as explosive as I was in the past, he said. At certain points, I felt like I was skipping a beat. Other than that, it was fun being back out there. It was great to be back out there playing basketball again.Mirza Teletovic had 20 points and six rebounds in 23 minutes off the bench for the Nets, who trailed for all but a pair of free throws that opened the game. Joe Johnson scored 19 points for Brooklyn, and Deron Williams had 19 points and eight assists.We never really matched their energy, said centre Mason Plumlee, who picked up two fouls in the first quarter and two more in the third and played just 11 1-2 minutes.Rondo said he didnt decide to play until about an hour before the tipoff, after waking up from a pregame nap and feeling ready to play. Wearing a black brace on his left wrist and hand, Rondo showed no ill effects of the injury, dribbling with both hands and shooting 6 for 9 — better than his career 47.5 shooting percentage.The Celtics led 101-72 at the end of the third quarter, but Brooklyn went on a 12-2 run to startt the fourth and cut the deficit to 19. Muhammad Wilkerson Jersey. The Nets made it 112-97 on Johnsons 3-pointer with 4 minutes left but couldnt come any closer until the final seconds.Rondos return on opening night stole some of the attention from ex-Celtic Kevin Garnett, who received a big cheer when he was introduced with the starting lineups and went on to score 10 points with six rebounds.The 38-year-old Garnett played six seasons in Boston, leading the Celtics to the NBA finals twice and the teams unprecedented 17th championship in 2008. He picked up a technical foul late in the game, prompting a KG! chant from the crowd.After the game, Garnett walked through the hallway between the locker rooms, greeting the building staff and other people he knew from his time in Boston.Its always great to come to back here. I love Beantown, he said. Im always bleeding green.The Celtics opened a 21-12 lead in the first period and led by 10 with four minutes left in the second when they went on a 17-1 run to close the half. Marcus Thornton had eight points in the second quarter, and Rondo had four more assists to give him nine for the half.TIP-INS: Rondo was 0 for 4 from the free throw line. ... Nets coach Lionel Hollins, in his first game with Brooklyn, picked up a technical foul for arguing with the referees in the second quarter. ... Garnett got a big cheer when he was introduced before the game. ... Boston shot 61 per cent in the first half.FORMER CELTIC: Seeing a familiar face when he walked into the TD Garden, Garnett seemed ready for big things after a year in which his age seemed to be showing. Asked how he felt, Garnett said, Really good. Youll see. Just watch.HONORARY CELTIC: The Celtics owners presented Isaiah Austin with a jersey and named him an honorary Celtic for life during a break in the second period. A week before the NBA draft, in which he had been a potential first-round pick, the sophomore centre from Baylor was diagnosed with Marfan syndrome, a rare genetic heart disorder. 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