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Crystal Palace reporter @ The Athletic #CPFC | Also write on climate & sustainability in football 🌍 | ✉️ [email protected] | Sometimes post about mental health & running 🏃
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How is hay fever killing me already when it's only February 😭

Palace's xG last night was 4.3, the highest Opta have ever recorded for a #CPFC Premier League home game Goals are flowing consistently. But that's not really down to individual flair, it's a more functional process. Foundation for success under excellent manager www.nytimes.com/athletic/615...

Whatever your stance is on flying and airport expansion (it's a stupid idea which won't help the economy and will cause a lot of people to suffer) this language is completely unnecessary and inflammatory. It's designed to appeal to the very worst people. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Mateta finishes his post-match media duties and as he walks off he slaps the hands of each ball boy lined up near the tunnel and then embraces the Palace player liaison officer #CPFC

36 points after 27 PL games is a new #CPFC record beating the 34 in 2020-21.

Full-time: Palace 4-1 Aston Villa Following up on their superb performance against Fulham with another contender for a season's best performance after a slowish start. Only a third home win of the season, but a comprehensive one #CPFC

Brilliant goal, Tyrick Mitchell does so well to get the ball out of his feet and square it to Eddie Nketiah for the striker's first Premier League goal at Palace #CPFC

Adam Wharton is replaced by Daichi Kamada after coming through 77 minutes and making some magical passes #CPFC

Tyrick Mitchell should make it 4-1 on the break but shoots wide one vs one with Olsen

GOAL! Ismaila Sarr puts Palace 3-1 up and, you'd think, secures victory with 20 minutes remaining. A good finish on the volley from Daniel Munoz's cross "Sarr will tear you apart again" sing the Palace fans #CPFC

Jean-Philippe Mateta is now Palace's second highest Premier League goalscorer of all time. Boom boom boom boom #CPFC

GOOOAL MATETA! Palace 2-1 Aston Villa #CPFC www.nytimes.com/athletic/539...

Will Hughes replaced by Jefferson Lerma. He was millimetres from a second yellow card moments earlier (the sub was already going to happen) #CPFC

Goal. Morgan Rogers levels for Aston Villa. Palace 1-1 Villa What... just happened A long kick from Robin Olsen, headed on, awful defending from all three centre-backs and Rogers turns Chris Richards to find the bottom corner of Dean Henderson's goal #CPFC

HUGE CONTROVERSY AT HALF TIME! Aston Villa are using the goal at the Whitehorse Lane end and will not give it up for the half-time penalty shootout. Villa supporters sing "we shall not be moved" So instead the shootout will take place in front of the Holmesdale #CPFC

Will Hughes will face a two match (Premier League) suspension as a result of this after picking up his 10th booking of the season #CPFC

Goal for Villa ruled out for offside. They thought they were level through Morgan Rogers. He had played it in to Watkins who did well to cut it back to his teammate to finish the move. It's very very very tight. Not sure about that one. Still #CPFC 1-0 Aston Villa

Mateta skews a shot wide after Wharton plays it to Eze who backheels to Sarr and he plays in Mateta

Very good Palace move. Hughes wins it, Wharton plays to Sarr, Mateta pulls a defender away with a run inside, Sarr then plays Eze into space, receives the ball back on the edge of the box and shoots powerfully but it's saved by Martinez #CPFC

Will Hughes booked for his 100th foul of the evening, of which about two have actually been fouls (this one was as he tripped Ezri Konsa) #CPFC

Records are made to be broken. #CPFC have never beaten #AVFC on a Tuesday. In 6 League matches, Palace have scored one goal - Derek Jeffries only goal for the club in Oct 1973.

Pretty familiar start to the game. Not a lot happening. Villa having the better of it but really not saying much. Tielemans glancing header wide, Ramsey in behind, finishes well past Henderson but is offside. That's about it.

Must be such an awful place to work now with everything going on. This is just mean spirited and will obviously only have a negative effect on the club Employee wellbeing and welfare is so important, even when they're not directly influencing results www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Full-time: Fulham 0-2 Palace Fantastic Palace performance. Kept Fulham to zero shots on target and took advantage in attack Five Premier League games in a row with a 2-0 win, six in all competitions #CPFC

Ismaila Sarr replaced by Daichi Kamada. 75 minutes played #CPFC

For everything else that Mateta has improved, his footwork is outstanding. He is so good at getting the ball out of his feet or out of tight spaces. That played a big part in the second goal #CPFC

WHAT A GOAL DANIEL MUNOZ! Superb. Palace 2-0 Fulham and this one won't be ruled out #CPFC

Hughes and Lacroix have been excellent this afternoon

GOAL MATETA!!! Palace lead 2-0 at Fulham #CPFC www.nytimes.com/athletic/539...

GOAL! Joachim Andersen? (OG) 1-0 Palace but claimed by Lacroix regardless Hughes' corner is sort of scrambled in from close range. Andersen furious, says Sarr pushed him in the back - not sure that's true Haven't seen a good enough replay to be clear on who actually got the last touch #CPFC