Wanderers 3, CRYSTAL PALACE 0.

WANDERERS 4-4-2 JAASKELAINEN (6), COX (7)WARHURST (8)FISH (8)WHITLOW (7), JOHANSEN (8)JENSEN (8)*FRANDSEN (9)SELLARS (8), TAYLOR (8)GUNNLAUGSSON (7) Wanderers Subs: Holdsworth for Taylor 76 mins, Gardner for Sellars 76 mins, Elliott for Whitlow 81 mins.

Ref: RoyPearson (Peterlee).

Attendance: 15,410

Goals: Taylor 3 mins, Johansen 25 mins, Jensen 34 mins.

Shots/headers on target: Wanderers 6, Palace 2.

Corners: Wanderers 3, Palace 3

Fouls committed: Wanderers 8, Palace 11.

Offsides: Wanderers 8, Palace 4.

Bookings: Palace - Bradbury 60 mins (foul). Man of the Match

PER FRANDSEN THERE were a handful of candidates with his fellow countrymen Johansen and Jensen among the contenders and claiming good goals into the bargain. But it was the senior of the Danish trio whose all-round game was the biggest influence over the 90 minutes. Magic Moment MICHAEL Johansen's goal. The Artful Dodger knew precisely what he was doing and where he was going when he received Gunnlaugsson's pass. He jinked past Crowe then showed tremendous technique to thread a shot with the outside of his right foot, bisecting two defenders and beating Miller's dive. Moans of the Match TERRY Venables' case against all three goals! A couple of whinges about bad decisions and an accusation against his own defenders of "schoolboy" errors. Didn't Wanderers deserve just a bit of credit?

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