Any Crystal Palace supporters looking for good omens will know beating Millwall is a good place to start.
Oliver Glasner’s side saw off their south London rivals on their way to winning the FA Cup last season and it required heroics from the debutant Walter Benítez in a penalty shootout to overcome Alex Neil’s Championship battlers this time around after a late equaliser from Ryan Leonard cancelled out the opener from Chris Richards. But while Palace stretched their unbeaten run to 16 matches in all competitions, this was another night to forget for Romain Esse as he was substituted at half-time following a very public display of dissatisfaction from his manager.
