Fulham defender Joachim Andersen’s own goal put his former side ahead at half-time before Daniel Munoz’s effort beat Bernd Leno at his near post in the second half to secure three points for Oliver Glasner’s side.
Palace made their intentions clear from the get-go as Jean-Philippe Mateta found the side-netting for the visitors inside three minutes.
Goalkeeper Leno was then called into action twice by Eberechi Eze – first with a shot from distance 25 minutes in and again from a free-kick eight minutes later.
Pressure paid off for the visitors before the break as Will Hughes’ corner towards Maxence Lacroix went in off the back of Andersen’s head for a deserved lead.
Referee Robert Jones waved away Fulham’s shouts for a penalty after Raul Jimenez went down under the challenge of Lacroix and seconds later Mateta had the ball in the back of the net at the opposite end, only for the goal to be chalked off for a very tight offside. Leno produced a brilliant reflex save to deny Lacroix’s header from a corner but the Fulham goalkeeper had no answer to Munoz’s fierce strike that doubled the Eagles’ advantage on 66 minutes.
Mateta skipped past two players on a Palace counter-attack before playing through Colombian wing-back Munoz, who beat Calvin Bassey inside the box before rifling into the roof of the net from a tight angle.
While Fulham missed the chance to push on for Europe and are ninth in the table with 39 points, Palace sit six points behind in 13th.
BBC
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