Dwight Gayle scored a hat-trick as Crystal Palace beat Barnet 5-3 in their first pre-season game. Dwight Gayle scored a hat-trick as Crystal Palace beat Barnet 5-3 in their first pre-season game.

Dwight Gayle scored a hat-trick as Crystal Palace beat Barnet 5-3 in a thrilling pre-season friendly at The Hive.

Alan Pardew did not take any of his international players – including record signing Yohan Cabaye – to the club’s first pre-season friendly match but Gayle impressed with three goals in the first 51 minutes of the game.

Barnet had taken the lead through John Akinde in the first minute and Luke Gambin and Kevin Lisbie scored in the second half, but goals from Reise Allassani and Fraizer Campell secured the victory for the Premier League side.

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