🏟️ Selhurst Park was the venue this afternoon as The Eagles and The Magpies looked to get their seasons back on track after both sides tasted defeats in their last set of Premier League fixtures. 🏁 After what was a classic tale of a game of two halves, it was Newcastle United who headed back to the North East from the capital with all three points courtesy of second half goals from Will Osula and Harvey Barnes. 🦅 Pierre Sage made three changes to his Crystal Palace side that got thrashed 5-0 by Brighton during their last outing. Jean Philip-Mateta returned to the starting eleven to play alongside Chris Richards who made his 100th Premier League appearance by starting today. 🇩🇪 Matthias Jaissle made a total of five changes following the Magpies defeat to Aston Villa last week. Dan Burn retook the captains armband as he returned to the starting lineup along side Jacob Murphy, Amar Dedic and William Osula. Fabian Schar also returned to the starting eleven for his first league start of this years campaign. ⌛ The hosts should have been in-front inside the opening three minutes when Wharton’s free-kick landed at the feet of Mateta but Hornicek was able to thwart his effort. Just a couple of minutes the visitors were cut open again, McNeil fed in Kamada but he could only drag his effort wide of goal. Osula registered #Newcastle’s first attempt at goal in the 8th minute when he capitalised on some sloppy Palace defending but his strike from range was blocked. Mateta fired wide in the 12th minute after finding a gap to run in between Burn and Schar but his right footed effort was dragged wide of Hornicek’s goal. As the game entered the 20 minute mark, McNeil found himself in a dangerous position down the left hand side, he whipped a ball across goal but fortunately for the Magpies, no one was there to convert. Burn headed wide for the visitors on the half hour mark after a decent cross by Hall, the Geordie captain should have done better and perhaps tested the Palace stopper. #NUFC could consider themselves lucky to not go into the break a goal down after the ball landed at the feet of Pino in the box but Hall was able to hack it away just before the attacker pulled the trigger. Half Time Scoreline Crystal Palace 0 – Newcastle United 0. 🤩 Newcastle took the lead two minutes into the second half when Osula tapped home from close range following an inch perfect Murphy cross. Willock had the ball in the back of the net just a few minutes later after he slotted home following a through ball by Joelinton but it was ruled out for offside after starting his run just a split second too late. It was 2-0 in the 57th minute and this time there was no chance of it getting ruled out. Dedic squared up Barnes in the box who made no mistake and buried it home at the first attempt to score his fourth goal in all competitions this season. Hornicek pulled off a smart save in the 60th minute to deny Wharton from the edge of the box. Joelinton attempted to get in on the action a couple of minutes later when he latched onto Schar’s cutback but the Brazilian’s effort flew way over the crossbar. Barnes curled one over in the 68th minute as he looked for his second goal of the game and what would be his 100th career goal. Osorio let fire from range in the 70th minute but his swerving effort was palmed behind from Hornicek. Osorio fired over from the edge of the penalty area in the 84th minute after a promising run forward by the hosts. Osorio fired over in the 90th minute as we entered six minutes of stoppage time but Hornicek comfortably watched it sail over his head. Full Time Scoreline Crystal Palace 0 – Newcastle United 2. Sutton’s Full Time Thoughts: What an important win that could turn out to be and how much that will mean to Matthias Jaissle after recent results! The first half was a tough watch and we struggled to get a hold of the game but when we emerged for the second half we were like a totally different team. Whatever....