Crystal Palace 1 Tottenham 0: Jean-Philippe Mateta saves Oliver Glasner’s job and finally kickstarts Prem campaign

FRENCH SAVIOUR Jean-Philippe Mateta whitethorn person saved Oliver Glasner’s occupation astatine Crystal Palace arsenic helium yet kick-started the club’s Premier League campaign.

Having been winless successful their opening 8 matches – their joint-worst commencement to a top-flight play – the Eagles are present soaring acknowledgment to this superb and much-needed location triumph implicit Tottenham.

In each likelihood, the Austrian caput manager would person been axed travel the November planetary interruption if determination had not been a melodramatic reversal successful their fortunes.

And the erstwhile Europa League victor volition beryllium everlastingly indebted to the decisive actions of striker Mateta, who celebrates by kicking a country flag.

Overall, it was a atrocious show by Spurs, who person present mislaid for the 3rd clip successful the Prem successful conscionable 9 matches and are 9 points down leaders City.

It was a carnal battle, too, arsenic befits immoderate London derby, and 3 Tottenham stars came disconnected worse successful hard-hitting challenges successful the archetypal fractional alone.

First, James Maddison was flattened from down by Maxence Lacroix and needed assistance to get backmost up – for the adjacent 5 minutes helium was seen clutching his achy little back.

Dejan Kulusevski had a forearm smashed into the broadside of his caput by Palace’s Marc Guehi and it was a astonishment that neither referee Darren Bond nor VAR decided to astatine slightest caution the England centre-back.

Then Spurs full-back Pedro Porro was screaming successful agony aft coming disconnected worse successful a collision with Tyrick Mitchell adjacent to the touchline.

Selhurst Park utilized to beryllium 1 of the champion top-flight grounds to sojourn for match-day ambiance with the Holmesdale Fanatics Ultras banging the drums and making their beingness felt.

That has not been the lawsuit truthful overmuch this season, possibly understandably fixed the dreadful series of results.

No wonderment it was a spot level to statesman with but travel 31 minutes they were each shouting BOOOOOOOM arsenic they saluted Mateta’s 5th extremity of the season.

Tottenham were mucking astir astatine the backmost – nary squad decides to lump it agelong these days, they ever privation to play it retired of trouble.

A infirmary walk by skipper Cristian Romero was played implicit to Micky van de Ven connected the near broadside but erstwhile the speedy Dutchman slipped, possession was rapidly won by Daniel Munoz.

The Colombian’s transverse from the close was intelligently flicked-on by the backheel of Eberechi Eze into the way of his French colleague.

And the Paris 2024 Olympic metallic medallist controlled the shot with his close and past slammed it location with his near – earlier booting 1 of the country flags, arsenic is his signature celebration, arsenic the assemblage went wild.

Palace were indebted to goalkeeper Dean Henderson for holding the fort until half-time arsenic helium produced a superb absorption prevention erstwhile Maddison struck goal-bound.

Four minutes into the 2nd half, Eze thought helium had managed to interruption the Spurs precocious enactment and treble the pb erstwhile helium received an fantabulous done shot by the magnificent Adam Wharton.

Racing wide of the past Spurs man, helium managed to compression his changeable past the assemblage of Guglielmo Vicario and was convinced helium had remained onside.

Yet the adjunct ref raised his emblem and aft a VAR reappraisal the on-field determination was not overturned.

However, wherever was VAR erstwhile Eze was brought down minutes later?

The England winger showed disconnected his afloat container of tricks successful the Tottenham container and was past brought to the crushed by a operation of unit from down by Kulusevski and Van de Ven grabbing his red-and-blue striped shirt.

Even from a distance, it looked similar a wide penalty, determination had been interaction with an hostile and the Palace squad went ballistic that nary spotkick was awarded.

Soon afterwards, Van de Ven – the quickest antheral successful the Prem – brought down Ismaila Sarr and arsenic the past man, galore wanted and expected a reddish to beryllium shown.

Controversially, ref Bond lone gave a yellowish arsenic helium felt Sarr was not moving straight towards Vicario’s extremity erstwhile the interaction happened.

Prior to that Ange Postecoglou had made a triple substitution connected 62 minutes, which included taking disconnected teen Mikey Moore.

At 17 years and 77 days old, Moore is the youngest subordinate to commencement a Prem lucifer for Tottenham since Stephen Carr (17 years and 28 days) against Ipswich Town successful September 1993.

Though helium had an fantabulous show past Thursday against AZ Alkmaar successful the Europa League – Maddison said it was similar watching Neymar – the South Londoner looked a spot leggy this clip and did not connection overmuch successful attack.

Tottenham were incapable to find the equaliser they desperately wanted and were grateful for Vicario’s exceptional one-handed prevention to thenar distant Wharton’s 25-yard onslaught connected 83 minutes.

THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORY..

The Sun is your spell to destination for the champion football, boxing and MMA news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures and must-see video.Like america connected Facebook astatine https://www.facebook.com/TheSunFootball and travel america from our main Twitter relationship astatine @TheSunFootball.