Just as reports started surfacing that Oliver Glasner had until the approaching international break to safeguard a job he started so brilliantly only eight months ago, so Crystal Palace go and win successive games.
Whether this turns out to be a Pyrrhic win, on a night when they lost Eberechi Eze and Adam Wharton to injury, remains to be seen but Daichi Kamada’s goal midway through the second half enabled Palace to reach the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup for only the second time in 21 years and, perhaps just as importantly, renew their confidence for the Premier League challenges ahead.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/oct/30/aston-villa-crystal-palace-carabao-cup-match-report
Author : Peter Lansley at Villa Park
Publish date : 2024-10-30 22:01:31
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