Glasner's Ruud Boys make it six defeats on the bounce for Van Nistelrooy's Leicester City

Report and picture Alessandro Schiavone at King Power

Leicester City 0-2 Crystal Palace

Goals: Mateta, Guehi (CP)

If three coincidences are a proof, Crystal Palace have now well and truly made a case for their resurgence after hitting confidence-shot Leicester City for two.

Second-half goals by Jean-Philippe Mateta and Marc Guehi put the Foxes to the sword to extend the unbeaten run to four games.

While most down-to-earth Eagles supporters won't read anything into this, for the most optimistic ones instead Oliver Glasner is working his magic again in the second part of the campaign.

After a stop-start to the campaign in terms of results and form, Crystal Palace have now remarkably overtaken Man United and are level with Tottenham Hotspur in the standings. Not bad for a club whose financial means pale in comparison.

And Ruud van Nistelrooy's men did nothing to ease relegation fears having now lost their last six league games.

After Jamie Vardy and Mateta spurned one decent volley apiece in the opening 45 minutes and Hughes' effort flashed just inches over the crossbar, Crystal Palace went through the gears after tea-time

Sent racing clear by Ismaila Sarr's quick thinking, Mateta rounded inexperienced keeper Jakub Stolarczyk before rolling home Palace's opener on 52 minutes.

That Patson Daka and Boubakary Soumaré didn't have their manager's feet in front of goal became even more evident when they missed good chances to level the game, with the latter even rattling the crossbar first-time.

And if you fail to take your chances you get punished in football. Moments later, defender Marc Guehi got on the end of Ebere Eze's immaculate free-kick to smash home his side's second.

If van Nistelrooy didn't recognize the scale of his task he surely does now.

But their uninspiring win over West Ham on King Power debut followed by a hard-fought 2-2 draw against Brighton & Hove Albion from behind, suggested that results weren't going to last.

And the ex-Man United superstar is the last person who needs reminding that this side is perhaps not good enough to stay up the way it's assembled now. A major shake-up consisting of open-heart surgery in key positions this month is desperately required to give themselves at least chance of fishing above the likes of Ipswich Town, Wolves and Everton. Yet stay like this and even doomed Southampton may have a chances of not finishing bottom!

While for Palace, more of the same in the next couple of months and they can start preparations on another Premier League campaign well ahead of time with Glasner looking to raid the German market.