In what was a horrible night in South London and many fans not getting into the ground until long after kick off, there was a feel good factor on leaving Selhurst Park as the Eagles continue their run in the FA Cup this season.
DATE
1st March 2022
RESULT
Crystal Palace 2-1 Stoke City
VENUE
Selhurst Park, Holmesdale Road, London SE25 6PU
OFFICIALS
Referee: Robert Jones. Assistant Referees: Ian Hussin & Derek Eaton. Fourth Official: Leigh Doughty. VAR: David Coote. AVAR: Sian Massey-Ellis
DISCIPLINE
BOOKINGS – Jeffrey Schlupp (84), Conor Gallagher (88)
RED CARD – none
GOALS
Cheikhou Kouyate (53), Josh Tymon (58), Jairo Riedewald (82)
ASSISTS
Romaine Sawyers (58)
TEB VERDICT
There were a number of raised eyebrows at Patrick Vieira’s starting line up but we need not have worried, even a substitution came on to score the winner to see Palace through this trick FA Cup tie in difficult conditions. The performance will be forgotten, but you would think Palace will need to put in a better shift to get any further. But, for now, we celebrate being in the last eight of the competition and wait with baited breath the draw for the quarter finals on Thursday.
PLAYER RATINGS
1 Jack Butland (6), 17 Nathaniel Clyne (7), 16 Joachim Andersen (7), 6 Marc Guehi (7), 45 Tayo Adaramola (6), 8 Cheikhou Kouyate (8), 12 Will Hughes (7), 7 Michael Olise (7), 9 Jordan Ayew (7), 11 Wilfried Zaha (7), Jean-Philippe Mateta (6)
SUBSTITUTES – 4 Luka Milivojevic (6 – replaced Hughes on 78 mins), 10 Eberechi Eze, 13 Vicente Guaita, 15 Jeffrey Schlupp (6 – replaced Adaramola on 65 mins), 20 Christian Benteke (6 – replaced Mateta on 90+1), 22 Odsonne Edouard, 23 Conor Gallagher (6 – replaced Ayew on 64 mins) , 34 Martin Kelly, 44 Jairo Riedewald (7 – replaced Kouyate on 78 mins)
OPPOSITION LINE-UP
13 Bonham, 6 Moore, 5 Chester, 24 Harwood-Bellis, 2 Smith, 28 Sawyers, 4 Allen, 15 Thompson, 14 Tymon, 25 Powell, 33 Maja
SUBSTITUTES – 7 Clucas, 8 Vrancic (replaced Sawyers on 79 mins), 9 Fletcher (replaced Chester on 86 mins), 10 Campbell (replaced Powell on 86 mins), 12 Bursik, 16 Wilmot, 18 Brown (replaced Maja on 67 mins), 21 Duhaney, 32 Wright-Phillips
POST GAME QUOTES
PATRICK VIEIRA – “That’s what we expected. It was really tough. It was a cup tie and we had to work hard to get the win. It was really flat in the first half. We wanted to play better than we did. They made it hard for us and we couldn’t pass the ball quickly enough. It was a poor first half from our side. We needed to play more quickly from the back and move it quicker. We wanted to put more tempo and we managed to do it. We scored and then conceded straight away. Today we were a little bit flat and we found the strength to score the second goal. We have to give them a lot of credit. They played really well. We weren’t ready mentally for a cup tie and we found it difficult. We have to learn. We tried to change it in the second half, it was better. When we scored we thought the game was over but this is a cup tie.”
MICAHEL O’NEILL – “At the very least we deserved to go to extra time. I think for a period in the second half we were the better team. There was very little in the first half. The first goal wasn’t a corner. We have all the technology to see if it’s a goal. Having seen it back, the Palace player’s shot doesn’t come off James Chester. We felt harshly done by. At 1-1 we looked the team more likely to win. Unfortunately we can’t defend the corner. It lands to the feet of their lad. It comes through a crowd of bodies and ends in the bottom corner and that’s why we’re out of the cup. The attitude was fantastic. The quality of our play was fantastic. I don’t think you’d have seen a big difference between the sides.”
MATCH STATISTICS
The Who Scored man of the match was Cheikhou Kouyate (7.7) while Jean-Philippe Mateta (4) had the most shots. The most tackles were made Tommy Smith (4) while the most dribbles were by Jordan Ayew (3)
- Team rating: 6.65 – 6.25
- Total shots: 9 – 11
- Shots on target: 2 – 3
- Possession: 60.7% – 39.3%
- Pass success: 82% – 71%
- Passes: 511 – 327
- Dribbles: 8 – 1
- Aerials won: 22 – 17
- Tackles: 13 – 12
- Fouls: 14 – 11
- Corners: 5 – 3
- Saves: 1 – 0
- Dispossessed: 5 – 12
UPCOMING FIXTURES
05/03/22 Wolves (a) – Premier League (3pm)
14/03/22 Manchester City (h) – Premier League (8pm)
20/03/22 Newcastle United (a) – Premier eague (2pm)
