A 6th goal would be the icing

Well, after some jittery and strange defending earlier in the game, we settled nicely to see the game out. How much of that is down to Rice coming in for Kai?

Rice and Calafiori with excellent cameos.

Cala is so, so slick on the ball and in attack. Hugely exciting player. Please stay fit.

Very good win. Shows what you can do when you commit to attacking.

Saka is a worry though. Hope it's a minor hamstring issue or we are fucked.

    Qwiss hopefully. don't want to see a partey-martinelli right flank at any point

        Qwiss Saka is a worry though. Hope it's a minor hamstring issue or we are fucked.

        On the bright side Martinelli looked bright on the right. Funny how he looks better when he has players like Odegaard and Timber around him giving him options and passes. And his crossing has been, somewhat unsurprisingly, better when he has his right foot to use rather than his weaker left.

        Gazza M hopefully. don't want to see a partey-martinelli right flank at any point

        We shouldn't have to if Partey is playing in midfield and Timber at RB.

            Really good win. Keep going Jesus with the scoring streak. Agreed on still not trusting us against the mid/low blocks.

            Trossard telling Calafiori to calm down is all of us.

            Good to see Martinelli with a solid performance and he did a good job on the right. Deserved his goal.

            Hell of a win. Jesus with confidence is a fantastic player. Great that Marti also got a goal to boost his confidence. Now it is Trossard's turn.

            Declan and Cala were fantastic when they came on. Looks like the latter hasn't missed a step.

            Team seems to be humming again. Coincides with everyone rallying around Jesus. Good win

              naz

              Correct. And overall, team is in a good run of form. We will challenge for the league and other things.

                  Claudius there are five league games in this run and we won three. We'll need to win much more than 60% of our remaining matches (and we will win more than that, but just to illustrate that this picture isn't an example of a good run, but rather of one that needs to get better).

                      QuincyAbeyie agree we need to do better in league but that stretch of games and goals makes me feel much better then the overall mood. We will be there at the end

                          So glad Mikel leaned into the form Jesus showed on Wednesday night, the guy took both his goals tonight beautifully. All five he's scored this week have been excellent. It was kind of mad to look at my phone (couldn't see a clock in the ground) and realise only 15 had gone when we went 2-1 up.

                          Strangely open through the middle, but an absolutely clinical performance turned Selhurst Park into a graveyard. Really pleased for Martinelli that he had such a positive performance, I think we forget sometimes not being as good as Saka is not the same as not being good..

                          Who knew persisting with someone following a series of injuries would eventually lead to an uptick in form.

                            The famous Palace atmosphere btw... Apart from their goal, nothing. Silence. I guess part of that is the fast start we made - textbook crowd control. The only other bit they got excited about was Timber taking too long on that throw and when Gabriel went down HAVING BEEN HIT HARD IN THE FACE. Dickheads.