Analysis: Palace make light work of step up

[Getty Images] It has been a memorable couple of years for Palace fans with their stunning FA Cup win two seasons ago followed by European glory in the Conference League. The Europa League, however, marks a step up in quality and supporters will have been cautiously optimistic about how their team would handle it. On this showing they will have every reason to believe their side can at least reach the knockout stage, though they were helped out by a Lech Poznan side that did themselves no favours. Terry Yegbe's throw for Palace's opener was a dreadful error of judgement as he simply gifted the ball to Pino, who gratefully waltzed into the area to score. They never really recovered from that and only the offside flag spared further blushes when Yegbe launched a bizarre attempted clearance into his own net from about 35 yards. To their credit, the visiting supporters never gave up chanting throughout the second half, even if they had no goal to celebrate, as instead Palace added a late fourth to round off a win that will give them much-needed confidence after a difficult start to the Premier League season, losing three out of four games. There was one other significant moment for Palace in the second half as Ismaila Sarr came on for his first appearance of the season. A proposed move to Liverpool collapsed late in the transfer window, and while his return to action was generally well received, there were some boos among the cheers.