LONDON: Crystal Palace ended the early 10-Tottenham people who were perfect for the Premier League season as Wilfried Zaha’s penalty and Double late from Odsonne Edouard sealed a 3-0 victory over the sad leaders on Saturday.
The side of Nuno Espirito Santo has sent Japhet Torangana for two bookings in a quick succession in the second half at Selhurst Park.
Zaha made sure the palace took advantage of their numerical advantage when he netted from the place after Ben Davies’s handball.
Edouard came out of the bench to complete points with two goals on his debut after moving £ 15 million ($ 20 million) from Celtic in August.
Tottenham has started a league campaign with three wins and three clean sheets for the first time in their history.
But North London cannot extend the run because they pay the price for the look of a loyo.
It was a sweet moment for Patrick Vieira when the former Arsenal midfielder secured his first victory as a boss’s palace at the expense of his old club’s arch rival.
Vieira, who lost two of the 18 league matches against Tottenham as a player, failed to win one of his first four matches in all competitions since he managed Roy Hodgson in Palace.
Tottenham was far below the best without Heaung-Min’s son after South Korea advanced suffered a calf injury on international tasks.
Nuno’s troops suffered other injuries when the British defender Eric Dier was limping from the start.
Dier is on the ground by Striker Palace Jordan Ayew when the couple struggled to reach the weak launch by Tottenham Keeper Hugo Lloris.
In the first half was injured because the wrong trajectory and lack of tranquility in the final third, Zaha was a bright bright spark.
He cut inside for a low drive passing and created the best moment of the palace from half the moment later.
Beat the debut defender Emerson Royal and then Pierre Emile Hojbjerg on the right wing, Zaha chose Conor Gallagher for close-range shots saved by Lloris well.
Lelhargic Tottenham failed to collect one shot in the first round.
When Lucas Moura ended the drought immediately after the interval, the Brazilian effort – saved by Vicente Guaita – drawing Sarcastic songs “We have shot” from Tottenham fans.
Zaha and Taranga were both booked after fighting following Tottenham’s ugly violations on Gading advanced.
Tanganga could not keep his emotions and, just three minutes later, he got Marling’s order after crashing into another jam in Ayew.
Left to play the last 32 minutes with 10 men, Tottenham entered self-preservation mode, defending far in their own round.
But the palace pressure was finally valued in the 76th minute when Davies blocked Gallagher’s cross with his arm and Zaha stepped to change the penalty for his first goal of the season.
Edouard piled up misery for Tottenham in the 84th minute.
The French striker was only a few seconds when he met Zaha’s cross with a clinical finish to the bottom corner with his first touch.
Edouard was not finished and, in termination of time, he took Gallagher’s pass and guided his shot past Lloris to clamp the extraordinary debut.