The Senegal forward made it a 27th celebration to remember with a birthday brace in the big win, setting the Eagles on their way in the first-half after reacting sharply to Chris Richards' kept-out header.
After Villa and Palace then traded early second-half goals, Sarr put the result beyond doubt with a brilliantly-taken finish from Daniel Muñoz's fizzed pull-back.
The forward may even have had a hat-trick on another night, but his two vital goals, and overall energetic display – no player on the pitch had more than Sarr's four shots (or three on target), or four key passes (passes leading to scoring opportunities) – earned him the bulk of your Player of the Match votes.
Sarr scored 50.7% of your votes in the Player of the Match poll, with Adam Wharton – involved in all three goals on his first Premier League start since late October – also scoring highly, with 38.7%.
See the full voting results below!
