Dominant Palace down Tottenham before FA Cup final

Whereas Spurs sunk to new lows on a shiny and sunny day in north London, their neighbours Palace are actually 90 minutes away from arguably the largest outcome within the membership’s historical past.

The Eagles booked a primary FA Cup ultimate since 2016 by beating Aston Villa 3-0 within the semi-finals final month and they’re hoping to raise the distinguished silverware for the first time after they meet Pep Guardiola’s Metropolis within the capital on Saturday.

And a win in opposition to Tottenham was precisely what Glasner ordered as they ended a run of 5 league video games with out victory, proper earlier than the brief hop to Wembley, with their first league double over Spurs.

Ismaila Sarr netted for Palace from Daniel Munoz’s cross inside 10 minutes just for it to be chalked off for offside earlier than proper wing-back Munoz rattled the crossbar.

Palace’s frustrations grew as Maxence Lacroix then had his header disallowed after it hit team-mate Marc Guehi’s arm on its manner in.

However Eze turned house a cross from Munoz on the stroke of half-time to make it 1-0 earlier than the outcome was put past doubt solely three minutes into the second half when Eze performed Sarr by way of earlier than side-footing the return go into purpose.

The outcome additionally noticed them match their file factors tally within the Premier League for the second season operating and they are going to be assured of constructing it their best-ever marketing campaign with video games in opposition to Wolves and champions Liverpool nonetheless to go.

These are clear indicators of progress achieved underneath their Austrian supervisor Glasner, who joined from Eintracht Frankfurt final yr, however a vital summer season awaits.

The Palace boss has been linked with a return to Bundesliga with RB Leipzig.

Final summer season noticed attacker Michael Olise go away to affix Bayern Munich whereas Sunday’s two-goal hero Eze, captain Guehi, high scorer Jean-Philippe Mateta and midfielder Adam Wharton, who missed out due to an damage right here, will all be in demand this time round.

It is going to be fascinating to see who they handle to carry on to, however first, they’ll hope to put in writing some historical past collectively come Saturday.