Justin Devenny struggles: Three winners and losers from Crystal Palace's draw vs Nottingham Forest
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Charlie Grace
Sun 24 August 2025 17:20, UK
Crystal Palace played in front of their home fans for the first time this season, drawing 1-1 with Nottingham Forest.
Ismaila Sarr opened the scoring for the Eagles in the first half after converting from Daniel Munoz’s cross as Palace enter the post-Eberechi Eze era following his move to Arsenal.
In the second half Dan Ndoye’s incisive ball found Callum Hudson-Odoi who fired past Dean Henderson at his near post to level up for the visitors.
The draw makes it two points from two games for Oliver Glasner’s side who next face a trip to Norway to take on Fredrikstad in their Conference League qualification second leg before returning to Premier League action with a trip to Aston Villa next Sunday evening.
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Ismaila Sarr
The Senegalese forward impressed on the left hand side of the front three, causing constant problems for Neco Williams and Murillo, intelligently dropping off into the midfield whilst also offering a threat in behind.
Sarr opened the scoring and could have had a penalty late on had he not strayed offside in the build up, and Palace fans will be encouraged by how lively the 27-year-old was in Eze’s absence.
Borna Sosa
Sosa, who didn’t feature, might have been one of Palace’s biggest winners due to how his performance on Thursday sized up against the performance of Tyrick Mitchell this afternoon.
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The Croatian, who played there on Thursday, showed a constant attacking threat with a wicked delivery and a long throw-in that caused Fredrikstad problems, something Glasner may want to see more of in the Premier League too.
Oliver Glasner
Glasner has been critical of the lack of business Palace have done in this transfer window and it was telling how fatigue set in for his side in the second half this afternoon.
Due to a lack of depth in his squad the Austrian named nine of the same 11 that started against Fredrikstad on Thursday and it will be alarming to Glasner that as the season goes on the trend of playing Thursday-Sunday every week won’t get any easier.
Justin Devenny
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Devenny, like Mitchell, is a victim of how his replacement played, with Esse showing some brilliance after replacing the Northern Irishman.