The youngster’s impact against Bournemouth helped him overtake the Englishman and Ivorian to set a club record
Michael Olise has written his name in Crystal Palace history books thanks to his assist against Bournemouth on Saturday evening.
The France youth international of Nigerian descent set up Eberechi Eze for his second goal in 58th minute at Selhurst Park.
With that, the 21-year-old became the first player in Crystal Palace’s history to record 10 assists in a single English elite division season.
10 - Michael Olise has become the first player to record 10 assists in a single Premier League season for Crystal Palace, surpassing Wayne Routledge in 2004-05 and Wilfried Zaha in 2016-17 (both 9). Drift. pic.twitter.com/g8e33urQ95
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