Fulham made it back-to-back wins on Monday evening as they left Selhurst Park with an impressive 4-1 win over Crystal Palace.

After Adrian Mariappa had given the Eagles an early lead, two stunning goals silenced the home crowd as Pajtim Kasami controlled and slammed in from a tight angle, before Steve Sidwell thumped home a dipping effort that beat the goalkeeper all ends up.

And there was no respite for the home side in the second half as the Whites added to the scoreline with two goals from corners in the space of six minutes. First, Dimitar Berbatov nodded in shortly after the restart, before Philippe Senderos showed off his flair side with a bicycle kick in the area to make it four.

Both sides had opportunities to further add to the goal-glut, but no more were forthcoming as the Whites made the short trip back across London with a morale-boosting three points.

Martin Jol made four changes to the side that started the win over Stoke City more than a fortnight ago, with Maarten Stekelenburg back between the sticks having recovered from his shoulder injury. Kieran Richardson came in at left-back, while Scott Parker was restored to the Fulham engine room following his calf strain. Darren Bent was rewarded for his winning goal against the Potters with a starting berth up front with Berbatov.

Stekelenburg was called into action as early as the second minute when Dwight Gayle found space down the right and whizzed his way into the area. Thankfully, his low effort was too close to the big Dutchman who held the ball at the second attempt. Palace were presented with a dangerous opportunity in the sixth minute when Sidwell scythed down Yannick Bolasie 25 yards from goal, but the wall did its job and deflected Jose Campana’s free-kick over the bar from a corner.

Fulham were found wanting soon after though as, despite clearing the initial set-piece, Mariappa beat everyone to the next cross that came in from Jason Puncheon to head beyond Stekelenburg. It was an early blow but the Whites could have no complaints as the home side were well in control of proceedings, with Stuart O’Keefe next to try his luck when he dragged a shot wide from 20 yards out having robbed Sidwell of possession on the quarter-hour mark.

But then, out of the blue, Kasami brought his side level with a contender for goal of the season in the 19th minute. Sascha Riether dinked a ball over the top and Kasami controlled it on his chest before smashing a right-foot volley over Julian Speroni who stood absolutely no chance whatsoever. With angle and distance against him, it was truly a magnificent display of technique from the Switzerland international.

The goal gave the Whites a renewed vigour and Kasami forced a corner in the 22nd minute when his ambitious effort looped over the bar off a Palace shin – unfortunately, the subsequent set piece came to nothing. The Eagles were not without their threat, though, with Bolasie hitting a powerful effort down the throat of Stekelenburg who was equal to the strike – but the hosts soon found themselves trailing for the first time in the match.

Fulham won a free-kick 22 yards from goal late in the first half and after Bryan Ruiz’s set-piece had crashed against the wall, Sidwell was there to volley first time beyond Speroni who, once again, was helpless to keep it out.

Jol made one change at the interval, with Captain Brede Hangeland withdrawn to make way for Fernando Amorebieta.

Fulham thought they’d enhanced their lead four minutes into the second period when Berbatov and Bent linked up well after Palace gifted their opponents’ possession on the edge of the area, but the on-loan Aston Villa man's effort deflected half an inch wide of the post.

But the third goal came just a minute later from the resulting set piece when Berbatov showed great strength to hold off his man before nodding into the corner of the net following a fine ball in by Ruiz. The delight on the Bulgarian’s face was there for all to see as he celebrated his first Barclays Premier League goal of the campaign.

Fulham were running riot and had a fourth in the 55th minute when Senderos showed incredible skill to bicycle kick the ball in following another Ruiz corner. The ball flew over the head of Mile Jedinak and Senderos was there to execute the volley to perfection - Speroni tried to claw it away but it had clearly crossed the line to give the Whites a comfortable lead.

Gayle netted at the second time of asking in a rare Palace attack shortly after, but he was correctly ruled offside and the goal was disallowed. Damien Duff then came on for Bent in the 77th minute, just moments before Joel Ward burst forward from right-back but planted his shot well over the bar.

Not content with scoring one wonder goal, Kasami almost grabbed a second in the 86th minute when he bent an exquisite effort towards the top corner with the outside of his left boot, only to see Speroni make an acrobatic save to tip it over.

A venomous strike from Dean Moxey then almost caught Stekelenburg out as it moved in the air, but the stopper watched it all the way to beat it away to safety. Jol then made his final switch as Berbatov made way for Hugo Rodallega.

That was the last meaningful action of the game as the referee blew his whistle to signal the end of a fine Fulham performance, with the Whites players celebrating with the 2,200-plus fans who made the journey.