Oliver Glasner: Former Watford winger had best Crystal Palace performance in Aston Villa draw

Oliver Glasner believed Ismaila Sarr delivered his best performance in a Crystal Palace shirt in their 2-2 draw at Aston Villa on Saturday.

Ex-Watford winger Sarr joined the Eagles from Marseille in a deal worth £12.5million in the summer and netted his first goal in the fourth minute at Villa Park after being played through by Jean-Philippe Mateta.

Sarr used his pace to stay ahead of Ian Maatsen and sotted past Emiliano Martinez to open the scoring.

The Senegalese international then notched up another goal contribution on the stroke of half-time when he crossed along the face of the box for Justin Devenny to slide home.

“It was Ismaila’s best performance today,” said Glasner.

“I told the players before that the way Villa plays fits perfectly with the players we have.

“He needs space and he has a lot of pace. With the first goal, we started the build-up on the left and we knew we would have a two-v-one overload on the opposite side. 

“It was a fantastic pass from Marc Guehi to find JP Mateta. He could have played the safe ball to Daniel Munoz, but he played the more threatening ball for Ismaila.

“It was then difficult for Ismaila – he scored a fantastic goal. He was close to getting a red card for Lucas Digne in the second half in the same situation.”

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