The positives continued to flow for Palace, when Pino came off the bench for his Palace debut with 20 minutes remaining.
Villa did threaten briefly when Rogers’ pull-back across the six yard box took a deflection which carried it into Donyell Malen’s path – but with Henderson to beat from a tight angle, the home forward instead picked out the side-netting.
And Palace were in dreamland – as they so often have been against Villa in recent years – on 78 minutes.
Sarr, who scored five goals against our opponents last season, was at it again: he rose highest to reach a long throw launched by Jefferson Lerma, and flicked on by Maxence Lacroix, and duly nodded into an unguarded net at the back post.
And it almost got even better as the clock ticked into injury time, with Pino breaking free on the halfway line and – faced by three Villa shirts – playing a wonderful reverse pass into the path of Lerma. A debut assist appeared on the cards – but Bizot was able to block Lerma’s side-footed finish.
Nevertheless, a 3-0 win was an outstanding scoreline to cap an outstanding performance – our first Premier League win of the season to top off a fantastic month of ground-breaking achievements.
Palace: Henderson (GK), Muñoz, Richards, Lacroix, Guéhi, Mitchell, Hughes (Pino, 71), Wharton (Lerma, 55), Sarr, Kamada (Clyne, 86), Mateta (Devenny, 85).
Subs: Benítez (GK), Sosa, Rodney, Cardines, Esse.
Aston Villa: Bizot (GK), Cash (Burrowes, 74), Konsa, Mings, McGinn (Torres, 74), Tielemans, Watkins, Malen (Digne, 83), Maatsen (Bogarde, 84), Rogers, Guessand (Buendia, HT).
Subs: Proctor (GK), Jimoh-Aloba, Rowe, Patterson.
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