Crystal Palace 2-0 Tottenham: Threadbare Spurs knocked out of FA Cup

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Goals from Connor Wickham and Andros Townsend helped earn Crystal Palace a place in the FA Cup fifth round at Tottenham's expense.

Match Events

9'GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-0 Tottenham (Wickham)

Schlupp had the initial shot from a tight angle on the right side of the six-yard box and Gazzaniga gets a hand to it, but he touches it in the direction of Wickham and he was in the right place at the right time to turn the ball into the empty net. 1-0 Palace! 

17' CHANCE! Lucas' long shot over the bar

Lucas decides to have a go from the edge of the box. His shot is powerful and Speroni scrambles across his line to throw his arm up to make the save, but the effort is high and sails over the crossbar. 

34'Penalty Goal! Crystal Palace 2-0 Tottenham (Townsend)

It was a confident strike and he drove the ball down the centre and over Gazzaniga to find the back of the net and double Palace's lead. 2-0 to the Eagles!

44'Penalty Missed! (Trippier)

He had to place the ball on the spot a couple of times due to the wind, but when he steps up to actually take it, he whips the ball well wide of the left post. 

60' SAVE! Speroni denies Llorente's shot

Llorente has another chance from close range that Speroni saves. The forward kept the ball close to his body in the crowded box, but his attempt was weak and hit straight at the keeper, who pushed it away.

Match Report

Connor Wickham scored his first goal in more than two years as Crystal Palace compounded a miserable week for Tottenham with a 2-0 FA Cup fourth-round win at Selhurst Park.

Wickham had not started a match for Palace since November 2016, thanks largely to a long-term knee injury, but he needed just nine minutes to score his first goal in 799 days as a Spurs side featuring eight changes started slowly.

Palace kept the pressure on and won a penalty that ex-Spurs winger Andros Townsend converted after 34 minutes, and when Tottenham won a spot-kick of their own at the other end Kieran Trippier blasted it well wide.

Player Ratings

Line-ups

Crystal Palace XI: J. Speroni, Dann, C. Kouyaté, M.Kelly, J.Ward, Townsend, Wickham, Van Aanholt, W.Zaha, Schlupp, Meyer

Subs: Sakho, Benteke, L. Milivojević, Ayew, Riedewald, J. Tupper, Aaron Wan-Bissaka

Tottenham XI: J. Vertonghen, F.Llorente, K. Trippier, Lucas, Gazzaniga, E. Dier, D. Sánchez, G.K Nkoudou, K.W Peters, J.Foyth, Oliver Skipp

Subs: H. Lloris, D. Rose, Wanyama, Lamela, Aurier, Winks, Kazaiah Sterling

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