There were a few nerves around Selhurst Park before the game and that showed on the pitch in the early stages but there need not have been any concern and the Eagles take their place in the FA Cup semi finals this season after an impressive victory
DATE
20th March 2022
RESULT
Crystal Palace 4-0 Everton
VENUE
Selhurst Park, Holmesdale Road, London SE25 6PU
OFFICIALS
Referee – Stuart Attwell; Assistant Referees – Constantine Hatzidakis, Dan Cook; Fourth Official – John Brooks; VAR – Lee Mason; AVAR – Matthew Wilkes
DISCIPLINE
BOOKINGS – Anthony Gordon (62), Andre Gomes (64)
RED CARD – none
GOALS
Marc Guehi (25), Jean-Philippe Mateta (41), Wilfried Zaha (79), Will Hughes (87)
ASSISTS
Michael Olise (25), Wilfried Zaha (41)
TEB VERDICT
Palace can head into the international break proud of their good form and rightly so as they are only a handful of points away from mathematical safety in the Premier League and have just booked an FA Cup semi final at Wembley.
It is the latter that that is fresh in our minds after handing a beating to an awful Everton side at Selhurst but it was the manner in which the Eagles saw off the challenge of the Toffees. After what looked a slow and nervy start, they soon found their way by getting on the score sheet midway through the first half and never really looked back. It was a real team effort and you have to look at the second goal which just shows you what this side are capable of.
No matter what we though last summer, nobody could have imagined exactly what effect Patrick Vieira would have on this club, but here we are heading to Wembley, one game from the final.
Bring on Chelsea in the semi final where Wembley will be painted red and blue once again.
PLAYER RATINGS
1 Jack Butland (7), 17 Nathaniel Clyne (7), 16 Joachim Anderson (7), 6 Marc Guehi (8), 3 Tyrick Mitchell (7), 23 Conor Gallagher (8), 8 Cheikhou Kouyate (7), 10 Eberechi Eze (7), 7 Michael Olise (8), 14 Jean-Philippe Mateta (8), Wilfried Zaha (8)
SUBSTITUTES – 2 Joel Ward, 4 Luka Milivojevic (6 – replaced Eze on 71 mins), 5 James Tomkins, 12 Will Hughes (7 – replaced Kouyate on 83 mins), 13 Vicente Guaita, 20 Christian Benteke (6 – replaced Olise on 83 mins), 22 Odsonne Edouard (7 – replaced Mateta on 71 mins), 34 Martin Kelly, 44 Jairo Riedewald
OPPOSITION LINE-UP
1 Pickford, 22 Godfrey, 5 Keane, 4 Holgate, 23 Coleman, 21 Andre Gomes, 16 Doucoure, 2 Kenny, 14 Townsend, 7 Richarlison, 24 Gordon
SUBSTITUTES – 3 Patterson, 9 Calvert-Lewin (replaced Kenny on 45 mins), 11 Gray (replaced Townsend on 17 mins), 17 Iwobi (replaced Coleman on 73 mins), 19 Mykolenko, 31 Lonergan, 32 Branthwaite, 53 Tyrer, 60 Pryce
POST GAME QUOTES
PATRICK VIEIRA – “It is a really good win for the football club. We get on well as a team and we went through difficult times in the game, especially the first 15 or 20 minutes. But we didn’t concede; when we scored first, we started to believe more and managed to win the game. The crucial point was the first 15 minutes because they were on top of us; they had momentum. We showed maturity because we went longer and played for the second ball. It got us into the game but going into the second period not conceding was quite good for us. Going to Wembley is fantastic. You can hear the atmosphere in the stadium, the fans; this is what they wanted and we wanted to give it to them. They’ve been fantastic in getting behind the team. It is just a step forward; there is a long way to go. This is an exciting period for us, we will enjoy it and we will enjoy today.”
FRANK LAMPARD – “There’s only so much you can keep trying to butter someone up to give them confidence. There’s a balance of confidence and playing at the cut-throat end of football here. This is a quarter-final today to get to Wembley and if you haven’t got the confidence to play, you can quickly flip it and say, have you got the b******* to play? That’s the football reality. If you fall somewhere in the middle, then don’t worry about it. We didn’t play that badly today and Palace didn’t play that well today, but we lost because of a lack of confidence and a lack of what I just said.”
MATCH STATISTICS
The Who Scored man of the match was Marc Guehi (8.5) while Wilfried Zaha, Richarlison and Demarai Gray (3) had the most shots. The most tackles were made by Andre Gomes (6) while the most dribbles were by Wilfried Zaha (3)
- Team rating: 7.33 – 6.04
- Total shots: 12 – 11
- Shots on target: 6 – 2
- Possession: 52.5% – 47.5%
- Pass success: 71% – 70%
- Passes: 418 – 372
- Dribbles: 10 – 8
- Aerials won: 18 – 18
- Tackles: 24 – 19
- Fouls: 8 – 12
- Corners: 5 – 4
- Saves: 2 – 2
- Dispossessed: 12 – 14
UPCOMING FIXTURES
4 April – Arsenal (h) – Premier League (8pm)
10 April – Leicester (a) – Premier League (2pm)
16/17 April – Chelsea (n) – FA Cup (TBC)
