Patrick Vieira's defining matches as Crystal Palace boss revealed with standout Everton result

Patrick Vieira is enjoying an excellent first season as a Premier League manager and has already masterminded some memorable results for Crystal Palace fans.

After being announced as the new Eagles manager in July there were early calls from some football fans that the Frenchman would either be the first top-flight manager to lose his job or that he would oversee a disastrous campaign that would end in relegation.

Neither of those predictions have come remotely close to being fulfilled. In fact, since the start of the Premier League season there have been nine managerial sackings and Vieira’s position at Crystal Palace hasn’t come under scrutiny once. The club are riding the wave of an FA Cup run that will next month take them to Wembley while there’s been zero drop off in their league form as they look set to push for a top-half finish with nine matches remaining.

Simply put, Vieira has been transformative in all aspects of his time in charge. A dedicated figure who is obsessed with the fine details of the game and management, he has carefully tinkered with his side throughout the season to get the best out of them and to make sure that all 11 players on the pitch carry out his instructions to a T.

But which of his results as Palace boss has been the most impressive so far? We’ve decided to nail it down to the three best moments of Vieira’s reign so far.

By virtue of their league position, Manchester City away from home should be the hardest game of any Premier League team’s season. Pep Guardiola’s champions have turned the Etihad into a fortress over the last half-decade and are very rarely beaten on their own turf when at full strength, let alone being stopped from scoring. But Palace made a huge statement of