Premier League wonderkid explains controversial celebration on memorable debut
Premier League wonderkid explains controversial celebration on memorable debut
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Romain Esse is eager to impress new boss Oliver Glasner after whetting his scoring appetite with a goal on his Crystal Palace and Premier League debut. The 19-year-old former Millwall winger, who signed for Palace earlier this month, was introduced in the 83rd minute of their 2-1 loss to Brentford and opened his Eagles account with his first touch two minutes later.
It was a sliver of a silver lining on an otherwise frustrating afternoon for the hosts at Selhurst Park, who fell behind as a result of Bryan Mbeumo’s retaken penalty in the 66th minute, then conceded a second when Kevin Schade headed home 10 minutes from time.
“First touch, first goal. It’s the start I would like to get off to and I’m just happy to have done it, but gutted about the result and hopefully we can fix it next week,” said Esse. “(Glasner told me) really just to push on, express myself as soon as I get onto the pitch. It worked out just for that period of time, but I think if the game kept going for an extra 10 minutes, we would have gotten another few goals, but yeah, just a bit unfortunate from us.
“I went over to the left side for a bit to try to get the ball, then I just found myself at the back post and it was just instincts. I mean, it’s kind of like what I’m about. For more games, you’ll see, I’ll start to show more what I am about. I’m just happy I started off well.”.
