Crystal Palace recovered from back-to-back defeats to edge past struggling Burnley and climb to fifth in the Premier League.
Beaten by Strasbourg and Manchester United in their last two games, Oliver Glasner’s side got the decisive goal before half-time when Daniel Munoz nodded Marc Guehi’s floated delivery in at the back post for his fourth goal this season.
The visitors’ only other shot of the first half came from Jean-Philippe Mateta, who did brilliantly to shrug off the challenge of Hjalmar Ekdal before firing straight at goalkeeper Martin Dubravka from a tight angle.
Burnley had the early lion’s share of possession, but created little going forward. Jaidon Anthony forced a fine save out of Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson in their best opportunity prior to the interval.
A flurry of second-half substitutions by Clarets manager Scott Parker appeared to spark the home side into life, and they were unfortunate not to restore parity when Jacob Bruun Larsen’s powerful close-range effort was brilliantly tipped on to the crossbar by Henderson.
Palace defender Chris Richards also prevented Armando Broja’s late header from trickling over the line after the Albanian striker had beaten Henderson deep inside the box.
However, that was the closest Burnley came to finding an equaliser as they slipped to a fifth successive league defeat and remain second bottom in the table.
