Jean-philippe Mateta Sets Crystal Palace On Road To Victory Over Brentford

Jean-Philippe Mateta’s eighth extremity of nan play group Crystal Palace connected people for a return to winning ways successful nan Premier League. Mateta’s opener connected nan half-hour was added to by an ain extremity from nan Brentford captain, Nathan Collins, early successful nan 2nd half arsenic nan Eagles backed up their win astatine Liverpool successful nan Carabao Cup connected Wednesday pinch their first triumph successful 4 convention games.

Palace’s Ismaïla Sarr looked to person forged an opportunity for himself erstwhile he sewage distant from Kristoffer Ajer down nan correct but chose to quadrate nan shot alternatively than sprout and Sepp van den Berg intercepted for Brentford. It was a uncommon opening successful what was a cagey beginning, pinch Mateta’s deflected header from a Yéremy Pino transverse mildly falling into nan arms of Caoimhín Kelleher.

The hosts were up aft 30 minutes erstwhile Daichi Kamada’s free-kick from heavy was nodded crossed by Jefferson Lerma for Mateta to nonstop a beautiful header that looped into nan apical corner, leaving Kelleher standing.

Nathan Collins scores an ain extremity to springiness Crystal Palace a two-goal advantage. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Getty Images

Brentford gave themselves a upland to climb by presenting Palace pinch a 2nd extremity successful nan 52nd infinitesimal erstwhile Lerma’s propulsion flicked disconnected nan caput of Collins and into his ain net. Collins had different infinitesimal to hide a infinitesimal later erstwhile he gave nan shot distant to Sarr wrong his ain half, pinch nan Senegal world racing clear earlier shooting against nan post.

The visitors still struggled to supply overmuch of a threat up front, pinch Keith Andrews introducing Mathias Jensen, Keane Lewis-Potter and Vitaly Janelt. Two of those mixed for Brentford’s champion chance aft 74 minutes erstwhile Jensen’s debased transverse into nan area reached Janelt who miscued his changeable good wide.

Another substitute, Reiss Nelson, past tested Dean Henderson from extracurricular nan area erstwhile his curling effort needed to beryllium pushed distant by nan Palace goalkeeper. It was nan only clip he was called upon, however, arsenic nan Eagles comfortably saw retired nan remainder of nan contest.