Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner says their early pressure caused Josh Brownhill's red card for Burnley.

Chris Richards, Jordan Ayew and Jean-Philippe Mateta (p) struck to deliver manager Glasner a winning debut.

He later said: “How we forced the red card was brilliant. We attacked very high, and in this situation with a kind of spirit, intensity, Jefferson Lerma took the ball away, so it was really nice to see, and we had a great spirit from the beginning.

“The players tried to do everything that the analysts prepared for them, so they were really perfectly prepared.

“Also thank you to my staff, because we were here for three days, so today all the credit belongs to the staff and to the players. It was a really nice game."

And on his Selhurst Park debut, Glasner smiled: “At half-time, it was 0-0, but my feeling was the fans, they were happy that they could see the players attacking, fighting, playing forward, creating opportunities, so this was my feeling from the beginning.

“The fans were very loud and they were happy, and this is what we want. It's Saturday afternoon, they had a great Saturday afternoon, and now they can go somewhere in the pub and have one or two beers – so that's a great start to the weekend!"