Watch: Mateta & Mitchell give Crystal Palace lead over Fiorentina after controversial Dodo penalty

Crystal Palace took a controversial penalty in their stead on Thursday evening to take the lead against Fiorentina in their UEFA Conference League quarter-final.

Jean-Philippe Mateta converted from the spot after Dodo fouled Evan Guessand in the box.

However, Dodo’s foul on the Palace forward came after the player had already taken a poor shot at goal. Whilst the Brazilian’s follow through was not great, it had no effect on play.

Whether it should or should not have been given is up for debate but one thing is for certain, the yellow card shown to the Fiorentina man in the aftermath, likely for dissent, will see him miss the second leg in Florence.

You can follow all the action from the rest of the match, as it happens, on our Liveblog.

Jean-Philippe Mateta slots the penalty past David De Gea to put Palace 1-0 up

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Crystal Palace double their lead over Fiorentina

Shortly after, the Premier League side doubled their lead through Tyrick Mitchell after the full-back pounced on a rebound after the hosts forced a good save out of David De Gea.

Fiorentina have a mountain to climb, now, or at the very least must enforce damage limitation so as to not leave themselves with too much of a hurdle in to clear in the second leg.

Crystal Palace have a two goal lead after just 30 minutes

Tyrick Mitchell forces it home at Selhurst Park

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