The first ‘Ole!’ arose from the away end in the 43rd minute, if further proof was needed of just how comfortable Crystal Palace were at the home of a team that don’t do warm welcomes.
Rarely if ever under Bruno Lage have Wolves looked as porous, as out of ideas, as completely overrun as they were here against a relentless Palace, who came hot out of the traps and never stopped sprinting. Jean-Philippe Mateta and Wilfried Zaha, from the penalty spot, struck before half-time and that really shouldn’t have been the last of their entries on the scoresheet.