
This was a momentous occasion for Crystal Palace, and one which left Oliver Glasner punching the air with some serious oomph.
Disguised by improving form and by six straight cleansheets away from home, the Eagles had not won at home in the Premier League since the turn of the year. A 4-1 battering of Aston Villa, a Champions League top-eight side, was a fairly emphatic way of putting that right.