Perfect start for Glasner at Crystal Palace with 3-0 win over 10-man Burnley

By: The Associated Press Posted: 12:33 PM CST Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024

LONDON (AP) — Oliver Glasner’s first match in charge of Crystal Palace ended in a 3-0 victory over 10-man Burnley in the Premier League on Saturday.

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LONDON (AP) — Oliver Glasner’s first match in charge of Crystal Palace ended in a 3-0 victory over 10-man Burnley in the Premier League on Saturday.

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LONDON (AP) — Oliver Glasner’s first match in charge of Crystal Palace ended in a 3-0 victory over 10-man Burnley in the Premier League on Saturday.

The relegation-threatened hosts dominated the first half, but it remained goalless at the break despite Josh Brownhill’s 38th-minute sending-off.

Chris Richards broke the deadlock at Selhurst Park with a header in the 68th for his first Premier League goal — and first at club level since December 2021, for Hoffenheim at Freiburg in Germany.

Crystal Palace's Chris Richards celebrates scoring his side's first goal of the game, during the English Premier League soccer match between Crystal Palace and Burnley, at Selhurst Park, in London. Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. (Bradley Collyer/PA via AP)

Jordan Ayew doubled the Eagles’ advantage three minutes later and Jean-Philippe Mateta’s penalty made the game safe.

Last-but-one Burnley had a late consolation chalked off, another blow on a disappointing end to an afternoon that saw Palace move eight points clear of the relegation zone.

Glasner, who was appointed Monday to replace Roy Hodgson, had named an unchanged line-up from the Eagles’ 1-1 draw with Everton and employed the same 3-4-2-1 formation.

Burnley was down to 10 men when goalkeeper James Trafford’s weak pass allowed Jefferson Lerma to pounce and the under-pressure Brownhill responded by dragging the Palace midfielder down by the back of his jersey, earning an instant red.