On the hour mark, up stepped John Salako.
“It was a funny one really,” he explained. “I needed a couple of goals in that last game against Man Utd to get my goal bonus, but with Wrighty and Brighty you weren’t allowed to shoot – it was all about them!
“That last game, I went into it with the mentality that I was going to get a couple of goals and get my bonus, and right from the off Brighty was just moaning. He wasn’t happy and nor was Ian either.
“I ended up getting my two goals and I think Wrighty came up to me and apologised after, but I think Brighty didn’t speak to me for about three weeks…”
What was until recently inarguably Palace’s greatest-ever season, finished in style. We're blessed to have experienced glory again this year.
2024 - Palace 5-0 Aston Villa
Perhaps we ought to have seen it coming, though, given how Glasner's side finished off the 2023/24 campaign.
It was this game at Selhurst Park in May 2024 which saw so many statistical records tumble, as Palace smashed five goals past Aston Villa on an extraordinary final day of the season.