Crystal Palace 0-2 Fulham: Smith Rowe stars for Cottagers

While the previous three meetings between these sides had ended in draws there was very little prospect of a fourth from the moment Emile Smith Rowe opened the scoring.

The former Arsenal midfielder has now scored three goals in 11 Premier League games this term and is showing clear signs that Fulham's decision to invest so heavily in him in the summer, when he became their record signing, was a shrewd bit of business.

The 24-year-old was not afraid to do the dirty work, pressing the ball when needed and was a key component to their fluent passing in midfield - linking up well with Andreas Pereira and Alex Iwobi before crucially bursting forward to support Raul Jimenez.

And had he not strayed marginally offside at the end of a sweeping move from one end of the pitch to the other, he would have been rewarded with a second goal, that his performance richly deserved.