Crystal Palace lay down early Europa League marker with Lech Poznan thrashing
Crystal Palace 4-0 Lech Poznan: Yeremy Pino, Chris Richards and Jorgen Strand Larsen were on target in the first half before Eddie Nketiah fired a late fourth
Crystal Palace delivered an impressive early Europa League performance by defeating Polish champions Lech Poznan 4-0. Yeremy Pino, Chris Richards, and Jorgen Strand Larsen scored the first-half goals, with Eddie Nketiah adding a late fourth. The victory came despite Lech finishing with 10 men after a red card to Radoslaw Murawski for a reckless bodycheck on Jaydee Canvot.
Pierre Sage named the same team that had just lost to Ipswich, and the win was secured with less than 30 minutes on the clock. The Spanish forward Yeremy Pino opened the scoring by taking advantage of a throw-in blunder by Terry Yegbe. Chris Richards and Jorgen Strand Larsen added to the tally with a header and a penalty, respectively.
The match was effectively over by half-time, with Lech failing to mount any significant offensive threats.
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