There were criticism when he began working three months after his appointment as head of England, then more when he spent three of his first six weekends at work in Germany, but, finally, Thomas Tuchel has acquired the appearance of an busy man.
First, an appointment with the Prince of Wales, the president of the Football Association, in Windsor Castle. Then, one night an appointment in Selhurst Park, where Aston Villa, the prince's favorite team was unarmed in a contest flooded with English talent.
Ismaila Sar de Senegal scored twice on her 27th birthday for Crystal Palace, and Jean-Philippe Mateta de France took her Premier League account to 12 for the season, but there was a lot for Tuchel to jump beyond a game underway Before a large local crowd.
There were a dozen players in the eligible show for him to select when he names his first England team for the World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Latvia, next month, including an exhibition of Adam Wharton's sublime midfield in his first start of the Premier League from the surgery of the groin in October of October. .
Wharton, 21 years old and mature beyond his years, seemed that he had never been outside, biting and dictating the tempo. He had a hand in the first three goals of the Palace before Eddie Nketiah came to complete the score with his first league goal for Palace.
Marcus Rashford could not have the same impact from the bank, but Morgan Rogers was the best Villa player and the scorer of his goal. Rogers had ruled out another with an incredibly adjusted call of VAR when one down.
Ismaila Sarr (Second Left) scored in any half to seal an impressive victory for Crystal Palace
Jean-Philippe Mateta also scored his eighth goal in eight games in 2025 for the palace
Thomas Tuchel was present and will have been impressed by what he saw of several English players
“Maybe unfortunate, but you have to accept it,” he shrugged with the head of Villa Unai Emery and some small things were against his team, and yet he would know that there was more in this strong defeat than fortune.
Palace deserved what was only his third victory at the house of this Premier League campaign. They relieved them within the six Spluttering Villa points, which have leaks in the back in the middle of defensive absent and the demands and distractions of the Champions League and the FA Cup.
Emery also has another concern for injuries, with goalkeeper Emi Martínez in half a time, replaced by Robin Olsen, who became a pantomime villain for the local crowd who had refused to give up his rigorous heating routine to give way to the part time entertainment.
The palace was 1-0 at that time. They had taken the front through Sarr after a pressure spell created after a corner that should probably have been a goal kick, and although they did not get a direct score from the set of the set, the local team kept Villa set inside of its own penalty area.
When the ball found Wharton from par to the right, he delivered a mocking cross and the center of Chris Richards climbed to apply a powerful header that Martínez could only push towards Sarr, which was alert to convert the rebound.
It was his fifth goal of the Premier League season, opened the game and almost scored again, when he found a crossing of Eberrechi Eze in La Volea and forced a good salvation from Martínez. The goal raised the atmosphere and caused Villa in life.
Villa thought they were leveling through Rogers, three minutes before part time. There was no flag, but there was a VAR verification and when the virtual lines were drawn on the screen, they ruled that Ollie Watkins had a knee that pushed in an offside position when he clarified before configuring Rogers to score.
Jacob Ramsey had already seen a goal rejected for offside when the game had no goals, but that was clearly the right decision, taken in real time by the assistant referee and confirmed by VAR.
Tactically, Emery combined with the setback of Palace, caught with the plan despite the changes in part -time and her team was level at the beginning of the second half, when a long kick from Olsen was thrown into Rogers, who fought against two Defenders before finding the network.
Eddie Nketiah completed the score in the final stages after leaving the bank
Morgan Rogers thought he had matched Aston Villa in the first half
His celebrations were of short duration when Ollie Watkins was awarded in accumulation
Rogers won his goal in the second half, but Palace scored three more goals to conclude a dominant victory
This time the goal would be maintained, although Villa did not remain level for a long time. They lost possession playing in the back, and Palace worked the ball through Wharton and Eze against Mateta, who hit a fierce impulse.
It was his eighth in eight Premier League games in 2025. Olsen was defeated again by Sar Tyrick Mitchell.
“It's always a better feeling when you win,” Glasner said. 'The defeats against Everton and Brentford really hurt, but we made the right decisions, we talk about how we want to play. And the reaction was great.
'We were patients, we wait for the moments and create many opportunities. We stayed together and work hard. And we can see progress. It's great to see our players enjoy the game and listen to fans sing. '