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vs Crystal Palace. Premier League.

3: 00pm, Saturday 22nd February 2025.

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Report and free match highlights as former Crystal Palace defender Joachim Andersen scores own goal and Daniel Munoz's stunning effort helps Eagles beat Fulham

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Saturday 22 February 2025 18: 18, UK Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Oliver Glasner marked one year in charge of Crystal Palace by guiding them to a fifth straight-away win with a 2-0 victory at an in-form Fulham. In a performance that summed up Glasner's reign, Palace counteracted Fulham's dominance in possession to see an own goal from Joachim Andersen and a sublime effort from Daniel Munoz help them stun Marco Silva's side and limit them to zero shots on target. Fulham started the game the more sure of the two teams, dominating possession early on. Their fans were perhaps a touch frustrated when referee Rob Jones looked as though he'd let play run when Chris Richards swiped at Emile Smith Rowe to stop a move. However, those feelings of frustration grew to vocal anger as a Will Hughes challenge on Calvin Bassey went unpunished. Palace took the lead from a resulting corner kick as Joachim Anderson glanced the ball into his own net despite Maxence Lacroix claiming the goal during his celebration. Palace battled their lead until the second half where they first doubled their lead only to be denied by VAR when Eberechi Eze's clever backheel found Jean-Philippe Mateta inches offside. Though his goal was chalked off, Mateta was at the heart of the goal when Palace eventually did find a second. Fulham were punished for overplaying and a countercharge led by Mateta resulted in Munoz receiving the ball at a tight angle before arrowing his effort into the far corner. Silva's side continued to dominate the ball well into the eight minutes of added time but Palace 'keeper Dean Henderson remained untested.

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An underwhelming Fulham display denies them the opportunity to move into the top seven while Palace are up to 13th. Fulham boss Marco Silva: "We knew before the match it was going to be a tough game, they make it really difficult on the road for any team they play against. We knew it was going to be difficult to break them down. "We have to be moving the ball quicker - in the first half we moved the ball too slow in our pass build-up. We expected them to be a bit more aggressive in the first pressure, but they changed it, they sat more in the middle block and they showed respect from ourselves. "In the first minutes, I think we did break well, some moments, some good moves. Our last decision, last cross, last pass was not at the level and because of that we didn't create many chances in the first half. But these types of games can happen. "We have to look for ourselves. Even with the bad performance from the referee, in my opinion, we are not at the level that we should [be]. " Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner: "We know that when we are that disciplined like today when everybody is investing so much, it's tough to play against us. "We don't give you a lot of space but we have to be that disciplined because we define areas where we want them to pass or we allow them to pass and then we know what we want to do. "But everybody has to be focused and it's easy when we talk about it before and it's easy talking about it afterwards. Maybe they had a sprint and their heart frequency is 180 and you have to do it again. " Correctly predict six scorelines for a chance to win £250, 000 for free. Entries by 3pm Saturday.

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