Crystal Palace score four to breeze past Lech Poznan and find some form

[p]Last season’s Conference League winners should have gone behind inside two minutes, when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ishak-mikael/UsA6pins/"]Mikael Ishak[/a] - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lech-poznan/OpNH7Ouf/"]Lech[/a]’s all-time top scorer in European competitions - scuffed a shot wide from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/walemark-patrik/UJySysyb/"]Patrik Walemark[/a]’s cross with the goal gaping.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/crystal-palace/AovF1Mia/"]Palace[/a] responded with a period of heavy pressure, but they were gifted the lead after 10 minutes when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/yegbe-terry/vqiRp9vU/"]Terry Yegbe[/a] inexplicably sent a throw-in into the path of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/santos-yeremi/8fnHDvMe/"]Yeremy Pino[/a], who slotted home the Eagles’ maiden UEL goal to end his 27-game goal drought. [/b][/p][p]Lech’s supporters were in full voice all night, and they should have been celebrating an equaliser in the 21st minute, when Ishak lifted a half-volley over the crossbar after being sent through one-on-one.[/p][embed guid="18658410-e1f3-47e0-9eaf-81dbc4e3cb1d" url="https://x.com/Flashscorecom/status/2100690885180567785" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]Instead, the visitors found themselves 2-0 down six minutes later when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/richards-chris/fVGFlDh2/"]Chris Richards[/a] scored his first goal in European competitions with a header from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wharton-adam/v5IYUpDm/"]Adam Wharton[/a]’s corner.[/b][/p][p]It was the sixth time Palace had scored 2+ goals in their past seven European home matches, [b]and they had another six minutes later after Pino was tripped in the box by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/murawski-radoslaw/vXVtIKI5/"]Radoslaw Murawski[/a], with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/larsen-jorgen/lQ5EYyWg/"]Jorgen Strand Larsen[/a] firing the resulting penalty into the top corner for his fourth goal in three games. [/b][/p][p]Yegbe then inadvertently cleared the ball into his own net from 30 yards, but was saved by an earlier offside against Strand Larsen.[/p][p]The two teams continued to attack at every opportunity in the second half, with Palace looking to increase their lead and Lech aiming to give themselves a lifeline by scoring in a 16th successive European away match.[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="1fe6e36f-25d0-4ff1-8f65-48168f1daf75" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="9b512418-f5c6-4ee0-8518-b14bc3d4e301" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]Pino was denied his second goal of the night by a brilliant sliding block from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gurgul-michal/zwLAI5IR/"]Michal Gurgul[/a] in the 66th minute, but the most notable moment of the second period came when Palace striker [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sarr-ismaila/ll2uTDkB/"]Ismaila Sarr[/a] - last season’s top scorer in the Conference League - made his first appearance of the campaign as a late substitute after recovering from a groin injury. [/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nketiah-edward/4hhsd84m/"]Eddie Nketiah[/a] also entered the fray and dragged a good chance past the far post before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/benitez-walter/rVwIjuW2/"]Walter Benitez[/a] made a sharp low save from Gurgul, but Lech’s night went from bad to worse when Murawski was sent off late on for a second booking.[/p][image alt="Momentum" id="0b3cba64-6b2f-4e53-99e7-1c4786149a4e" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="473939e6-d4f3-4244-86af-92b4a2ab9e47" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p][b]Nketiah sealed victory with a finish into the bottom corner one minute from time, as Palace claimed only a second win in their last six outings at Selhurst Park (D1, L3).[/b][/p][p]The Eagles have gone seven home games without losing in Europe (W5, D2), while Lech’s six-match unbeaten away run on the continent is over after suffering consecutive defeats for the first time since March. [/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: Yeremy Pino (Crystal Palace)[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/crystal-palace-AovF1Mia/lech-poznan-OpNH7Ouf/summary/stats/?mid=fDLKM7Sr"]Catch up on the match stats with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p][infobox id="c134a416-a81e-4aa8-9dc0-5a1a0f9322e0" /]