Eddie Nketiah steered Crystal Palace into the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup as they won 1-0 at Fulham.
The striker scored in the first half of their fourth-round tie at Craven Cottage, to help ease the pressure on under-fire boss Pierre Sage.
Fulham dominated the first half and missed a slew of chances, only to see Palace take the lead with their first shot of the game on 37 minutes.
Oscar Mingueza burst down the right and crossed for Nketiah to flick in with a deft touch.
Fulham then continued to push after the break, with Alex Iwobi going closest as he forced a point-blank save from Dean Henderson from a corner.
They had another big chance to level in stoppage-time, but Henderson was on hand again to palm away Gonzalo Garcia's header.
The key moments from Craven Cottage
16: BIG CHANCE! Tete miscues his header at the back post completely unmarked. Fulham should be ahead.
18: SAVE! Fulham have ANOTHER huge chance to score but Robinson's tame effort is saved by Henderson.
37: GOAL! PALACE LEAD OUT OF NOWHERE! Pierre Sage's side are in front with their first shot of the game. Nketiah steers in Mingueza's cross from the right with a deft touch. That is just his 10th touch of the game. That must have been Palace's first attack.
68: FULHAM HAVE TO SCORE! Castagne's flick at the front post helps the cross find Iwobi but his effort is straight at Henderson. The Palace goalkeeper kept that one out with his legs from the close-range effort.
87: HUGE CHANCE! Kamada should wrap the game up for Palace but he sends the shot wide from inside the box.