A cooly executed Wilfried Zaha penalty and a rapid Odsonne Edouard brace gave Crystal Palace a well-deserved victory over a disjointed-looking Tottenham side.Crystal Palace provided the sternest test of the season so far for Nuno Espirito Santo’s Spurs at a sunshine-soaked Selhurst Park and gave the Portuguese coach plenty to think about. The Eagles utterly outclassed the North London table-toppers.83’ @Oedouard22 makes Palace debut83’ Scores after 27 seconds93’ Scores second goalWhat a debut 🤩 pic.twitter.com/9QOubO8uuy— B/R Football (@brfootball) September 11, 2021 There was a lot of tension as Palace’s talisman Zaha clashed with Spurs defender Japhet Tanganga. Tottenham lad lost his head when Zaha failed to put the ball into touch and allow the medical staff to attend to Lucas Moura. For a few seconds, it seemed like we were going to have a full-blown tussle on the pitch, but thankfully it all ended with Zaha and Tanganga getting yellow cards.Spurs’s day promptly went downhill when Tanganga got his second booking just a few minutes later and was sent off on 61 minutes. At that point, Partick Vieira’s boys were already enjoying most of the possession and had superior stats. They just needed to find a breakthrough – and they managed to do so from the spot.##EDITORS_CHOICE##Defender Ben Davies, who came on for Spurs to fill in the gap left by Tanganga’s sending off, blocked a Connor Gallagher’s cross with his hand and it was a clear penalty. Zaha made no mistake as Hugo Lloris dived the wrong way.Espirito Santo and his Cockerels were condemned to a defeat when Eagles’ new boy Oddonne Edouard came on the scene and made himself an instant Palace hero just mere seconds after coming on. A double on his debut completed a perfect day for the South Londoners. Edouard got his first on 84 minutes with a clever finish from the centre of the box and he humiliated the visitors with virtually the last kick of the game from a nice Gallagher pass. The former Celtic attacker will get the headlines, but it was a completely deserved team win by the red and blues on home soil.After a good start of the season, Spurs got a rude awakening on a day they desperately needed Son Heung-min to provide some pace and trickery in attack.A magnificent debut double from Odsonne Edouard, plus a Wilfried Zaha penalty sees Palace secure a convincing win#CRYTOT pic.twitter.com/2rd0nvSGHB— Premier League (@premierleague) September 11, 2021 In the end, former Arsenal captain Vieira celebrated his first win in charge of Crystal Palace – and it was a sweet one to get over the old enemy.PREMIER LEAGUE – ROUND 4SaturdayCrystal Palace – Tottenham 3-0 (0-0)/Zaha 75 pen, Edouard 84, 90+3/17.00: (5.20) Leicester (3.70) Man.City (1.70)17.00: (2.75) Southampton (3.35) West Ham (2.55)17.00: (1.23) Man.Utd. (6.50) Newcastle (12.0)17.00: (3.20) Watford (3.10) Wolverhampton (2.40)17.00: (1.52) Arsenal (4.20) Norwich (6.50)17.00: (2.85) Brentford (2.80) Brighton (2.90)19.30: (1.35) Chelsea (4.90) Aston Villa (9.50)Sunday18.30: (4.70) Leeds (3.70) Liverpool (1.75)Monday22.00: (1.80) Everton (3.50) Burnley (4.70)***odds are subject to change
