Crystal Palace’s FA Women’s Continental League Cup campaign got off to the perfect start, with Dean Davenport’s side defeating Lewes 3-2, just two weeks after drawing 1-1 with them in the league.
Davenport made several changes for the cup clash, with club captain Freya Holdaway, Leeta Rutherford and Lucy Gillett dropping to the bench with the likes of Nicole Pepper, Emma Gibbon and Magda Mosengo coming into the starting line-up.
It was goals galore in both halves for the watching crowd, with the half-time whistle coming with the Eagles winning 2-1.
Mosengo opened the scoring after some good work from captain on the day, Ashleigh Goddard; this was the striker’s first goal for the club having joined in the summer, making the most of her first start since the second game of the season away to Durham.