Wilfried Zaha makes an impact as Crystal Palace beat Southampton

Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha, centre, scored the winner against Southampton on the opening day of the Premier League season (Richard Heathcote/PA)

Wilfried Zaha put speculation about his future behind him to fire Crystal Palace to an opening-day victory over Southampton.

The winger needed 13 games to get off the mark last season, but achieved the feat after only 13 minutes at Selhurst Park and it was enough to give Roy Hodgson’s men a 1-0 win.