Crystal Palace defender Richards delighted scoring in victory over Burnley

Crystal Palace defender Chris Richards was delighted with victory over Burnley.

Richards, Jordan Ayew and Jean-Philippe Mateta (p) struck to deliver manager Oliver Glasner a winning debut.

Richards said afterwards: It's good [to have] a 3-0 win at home, especially after the tough run of games we've had recently. The vibe's really high right now!

"The gaffer said to stay patient at half-time. I think we really trusted in his game plan, we trusted in our quality and we knew that eventually the goal would come.

I've wanted it [my first goal] all year. Of course, you always like to score goals, but I think it was a very crucial goal in a very crucial game, so I'm very happy about it.

Jordan was talking about hitting it back post the whole time, so I figured if T [Tyrick Mitchell] jumped with the man, I was going to be wide open, so I just tried to stay back post.

"Everybody likes to score goals. Fans like to see it, so it definitely changed the mood for the game, and the games coming up as well."