For a Luton side making the relatively short journey to South London on the back of four successive league defeats, the pressure was on to turn around their fortunes.
That memo clearly didn’t reach Alfie Doughty, whose lackadaisical back pass was pounced upon by Daniel Muñoz and the Colombian made no mistake in teeing up Jean-Philippe Mateta to flick home the opener.
That was the third time in as many games Palace have taken the lead under Glasner, but having let one slip in a 3-1 defeat to Tottenham last week, they could ill afford to rest on their laurels.
Palace needn't have worried too much about squandering their advantage before the break, as Luton’s offerings were slim to say the least - perhaps best highlighted by the fact they went into HT without even having a shot on target.
The second half opened in much similar fashion, with the Eagles probing to double their advantage, while Luton struggled to get a foothold in the game.
Eberechi Eze was leading the Palace charge, but despite the fact the Hatters couldn’t pin him down, his endeavour to lay the game to rest was proving fruitless, as Thomas Kaminski denied him smartly from distance.
Luton knew they had to do something to force their way back into the game, and with this the first of three games in a week for them, their opportunity was huge.
They were at least managing to build a little head of steam as the game ticked into its later stages. You sensed it would take something spectacular to draw them level and they so nearly found it through Daiki Hashioka, who fooled the whole of Selhurst Park when he shaped for a header, only to acrobatically volley handsomely over.
That seemed to be the eye-opener Palace needed, and knowing they needed a second to lay the game to rest, Mateta forced Kaminski into another fine stop ten minutes from time.
That proved huge in the context of the game too, as Luton stepped up in the dying seconds to grab an equaliser through Cauley Woodrow to break Palace hearts and move a point closer to safety. Perhaps more importantly it should build confidence before a huge away trip to Bournemouth in midweek.
Flashscore Man of the Match: Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace)
