Crystal Palace defender Joachim Andersen demonstrated a 'very impressive' range of passes against Watford on Saturday, according to one Sky Sports journalist.

The lowdown

Palace beat Watford, and former manager Roy Hodgson, 1-0 on home soil to make it back-to-back wins after last weekend's success against Southampton.

Wilfried Zaha's first-half penalty was enough to seal a result that moves Palace up to ninth place and confirms the visitors' relegation to the Championship.

Andersen made his 29th Premier League start of the campaign in Palace's 35th match, helping the Eagles keep their 11th clean sheet.

The latest

Sky Sports journalist Charlotte Marsh, stationed at Selhurst Park, was left in awe of Andersen's distribution.

"Andersen has made a number of incredible long passes down the field to try and set Crystal Palace up in an attacking position," she said in the early stages of the second half.

"His latest to [Eberechi] Eze on the left isn't quite as successful as some of the others, but the range is still very impressive."

The verdict

Andersen didn't have all that much defending to do in this particular game as Watford, reduced to ten men following Hassane Kamara's red card 20 minutes from time, could muster only 31% possession and five shots.

That largely explains why he didn't make any tackles, recorded only one interception and one clearance, and contested only three duels (via SofaScore).

But he found another way to contribute, launching attacks for Palace with his booming balls from the back. Over the course of the game, he completed a whopping 15 long passes (from 22 attempts).

For context, the next highest was Watford's goalkeeper Ben Foster, who successfully pulled off 112 (out of 33).

The £70,000-per-week man is an offensive asset to Patrick Vieira's side despite operating as a centre-half.

In other news, Palace's top target has emerged.