The defender and his side came out on top of a combative contest at Selhurst Park, combining robustness with confidence on the ball to secure victory through headers by Jean-Philippe Mateta and Brentford defender Nathan Collins (an own-goal).
Some 41 aerial duels, and 95 duels in total, were contested by the two teams – and Lacroix labelled the game, after Palace secured a third Premier League clean sheet of the season, a “top win. We are really happy, because we knew that it was going to be a hard game.
“I think we showed that we are also good in set-pieces. We spoke about that before the game.
“We knew that they love to play like this. We are also warriors, so we fight for every single ball and I think we won this battle.
“It was a really good three points.”
