Teden Mengi and Jacob Brownās first Premier League goals, either side of Michael Oliseās quickfire equaliser, saw the Town take maximum points at Kenilworth Road for the first time, building on the 1-1 draw with Liverpool last time out on home soil.
āIt feels really good,ā said Edwards, whose side moved four points above the relegation zone. āItās nice to see the lads so happy, music on, the crowd are really happy. Itās nice to get the fist pumps out again. We donāt see it as often as Jurgen Klopp in the Premier League, so itās nice to do that.
āBut in all seriousness, it was important today. We all recognised that and I have to stress it, Crystal Palace are a really good team with brilliant players, and I think the longer the game went on the crowd saw that as well.ā
Mengiās opener, his first goal in senior football, came in the 72nd minute with Olise equalising immediately after the VAR check for possible offside was complete.
Brown capped a terrific week personally, in which he made his first Scotland start, with the 83rd-minute winner ā with Town remaining resolute to see out what proved to be 14 minutes of added time.
ā(It was) a brilliant set piece goal, Iām really pleased for Teden ā I thought he was outstanding today, with and without the ball,ā said Edwards.
āObviously lightning strikes twice, just like Burnley with conceding a very similar goal. We all felt flat at that moment.
āBut for the players to pick themselves up after that and go and get the second, which I thought was a brilliant counter attacking goal, a fantastically well worked goal, the lads deserve a lot of credit for that.
āAnd then again, seeing it out under immense pressure, some brilliant blocks, some brilliant saves.
āThe running from Eli, Chongy, Browny ā his running when he came on, as well as his goal, amazing ā and a little bit of luck, which we are probably going to need still to get the three points in games because of the amount of pressure that teams will put on you late on.
āBut Iām immensely proud of everyone. We can be better, and weāve got to keep working hard to improve, but itās a big three points for us.ā