Reacting to Crystal Palace's 2-2 draw against KuPS in Thursday night's Conference League clash, manager Oliver Glasner singled out Christantus Uche for special praise.

 In his first start for the Eagles at Selhurst Park, the Nigeria international opened the scoring inside five minutes, marking back-to-back goals for the Getafe loanee in the competition. 

Uche collected the ball on the edge of the box, shifted it onto his left foot, and curled a superb outside-of-the-boot finish into the top corner.

After recovering from a minor injury that required attention from the physios, Palace's number 12 had a chance to double the lead in the 26th minute but was unable to find the target.

Glasner lauded Uche for his spectacular goal and confirmed that the versatile midfielder will not make his full Premier League debut against Leeds United on Saturday.

On how he saw the 2-2 draw, Glasner told TNT Sports: "I was pleased with the performance especially of the youngsters. Of course, fantastic goal from Uche, and then we could see we lost a little bit of structure for ten to fifteen minutes, and you get three finishes at the end and score two goals".

The Austrian tactician added that some players were rested, with an eye on the Premier League meeting with Leeds United.