The Premier league new boys top the league table

STEVE MOUNIE scored twice to get Huddersfield debut season in the Premier League off to a stunning start.

Huddersfield’s record £11.5million signing sealed his new club’s first victory in the top-flight for 45 years. And it was no more than David Wagner’s newly-promoted team deserved as they ensured Frank de Boer’s reign as Palace boss got off to the worst possible start.

The Terriers ruffled the Eagles feathers from the start and should have taken the lead in the second minute when Tommy Smith’s cross found its way through to Tom Ince on the penalty spot.

But the former Derby winger could not get the ball out of his feet and ended up scuffing a weak shot straight at Palace keeper Wayne Hennessey.

It was no surprise when Huddersfield did take the lead in the 23rd minute with a set-piece routine that had the Eagles’ defence and sixes and sevens.

Chris Schindler flicked on Aaron Mooy’s corner to the far post where Mathias Jorgensen played the ball back across goal. But before one of his team-mates was able to put the ball over the line it was turned into his own net by hapless Palace defender Joel Ward.

The 2,800 travelling fans were in dreamland three minutes later when Mounie headed in Mooy’s perfect cross to make it 2-0 to Town. De Boer sent on Andros Townsend at half time in a bid to get Palace back into the game.

And Christian Benteke saw a header brilliantly saved by Town keeper Jonas Lossi.

But Mounie showed he is as good with his feet as he is with his head as he lashed in Colin Quaner’s pass from inside the box for the third goal in the 79th minute.

FACTS, STATS, GOALS & LOLS

• De Boer looked bewildered in the first half as he saw his side get blown away in the first half to the Premier League’s new boys.
• During the first half referee Jonathan Moss warned Wilfried Zaha to stop whinging and moaning or he will get booked.
• Timothy Fosu-Mensah is the first teenager to start a Premier League game for Crystal Palace since Tom Soares and Ben Watson in 2005.
• The Eagles improved after the interval but despite their pretty play they struggled to create chances, while their defence continued to look shaky.
• Town keeper Jonas Lossl made immense saves in the second half after arriving on loan from Mainz.
• Wagner proves to have unearthed a gem in the shape of Mounie, after arriving from Montpellier for £11.5m.
• Huddersfield fans sang: “We’re top of the league, we’re top of the league!”
• From The Sun