Ebere Eze’s superb volley was enough to beat his former club Crystal Palace and hand us a seventh-straight win in all competitions as we moved four points clear at the top of the table.

Having netted the goal that clinched the FA Cup for the Eagles back in May, Eze netted in front of the red and blue-clad fans once again, albeit this time donning our red and white to provide the defining moment of a tight encounter, but one in which we managed to prevail yet again this campaign.

With chances at a premium, our rock-solid defence again held firm to keep a 10th clean sheet from 13 matches this term, and record a fourth-straight league win - all claimed in fixtures we took a single point from last term.

Eze haunts Eagles

Both teams went into the game on the back of contrasting European encounters, with us demolishing Atletico Madrid 4-0 and Palace losing to Cypriot minnows AEK Larnaca 48 hours later, leaving them winless in three heading to N5. However, you wouldn’t have thought that watching the opening half-hour.

Oliver Glasner’s team kept us silent, restricting us to no sights of goal while springing counter-attacks themselves after...