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Crystal Palace 2-0 Tottenham
4th round of the FA Cup
Location: Selhurst Park
Tottenham was eliminated from two cup competitions in four days after losing 2-0 at Crystal Palace in the fourth round of Sunday's FA Cup.
A penalty shoot-out saw Chelsea reach the EFL Cup final over Tottenham on Thursday night, and another cup exit will raise further concerns about the drought of the Spurs Trophy.
Palace took a nine-minute lead when Paulo Gazzaniga saved Jeff Schlupp's shot, but he could only push the ball into Connor Wickham's path. The injury made him lose the thigh at his first appearance for 792 days.
The locals extended their lead after Kyle Walker-Peters found himself in the penalty area with Wickham on the lookout.
Former Spurs winger Andros Townsend kicked a direct kick in the center.
The Spurs tried unsuccessfully to return to the match in the second half, but they lacked quality and did not want to leave the Premier League title and the Champions League, their only chance to win a trophy this season.
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Mauricio Pochettino felt that Tottenham 's performance was "not bad" since they escaped from a second cup competition this week.
"We created opportunities, we had possession, but in the end, football is about scoring goals if we want to win, and we did not do it," he said. declared on BT Sport 2.
"Palace did not do much, but they scored and deserved to move on to the next round.It was so painful to lose the game that way.There were key moments, like the ( missed penalty), which would have changed everything.
"We have to look forward to the Premier League and the Champions League, we are in a crazy series of games, but it's like that in England, we can not complain and we can only try to give the best of ourselves in both competitions. "
FULL TIME | Crystal Palace 2-0 Tottenham
90 minutes: Four minutes added on …
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88 minutes: The Spurs seem short of ideas here.
Jordan Ayew is the final substitute, but that is Andros Townsend who gives up his place.
85 minutes: A bit of concern for Palace because Van Aanholt is down. They still have a left under.
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81 minutes: Last dice roll for Mauricio Pochettino. Kazaiah Sterling plays Lucas Moura.
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79 minutes: Max Meyer will give way to Luka Milivojevic as the palace tries to understand him.
75 minutes: A quarter of an hour to go to Selhurst Park.
The Spurs are still in the Champions League, but few would bet that it would be a new season without a trophy for Mauricio Pochettino if they can not change things here.
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70 minutes: The return of Connor Wickham's goals to the starting lineup ends. Christian Benteke is on.
66 minutes: brilliant block!
Llorente is doing very well on Lamela's path, but Ward does a terrible job.
Moments later, Trippier scores a goal, but Llorente does not manage to touch himself at the far post.
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62 minutes: Interesting substitution. Eric Dier gives way to Victor Wanyama. As a matter of fact, hardly an offensive change.
61 minutes: Even worse than Lamela's.
60 minutes: Juan Foyth is next to get a card, after Schlupp has moved away from him with a nice touch. At the palace turn to have a dangerous free kick.
58 minutes: Another fixed piece wasted. Directly in the wall this time.
56 minutes: The Spurs have a free kick on the edge of the box, again.
Erik Lamela seems to believe it.
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54 minutes: Andros Townsend is a little too fast for Sanchez midway and the Colombian enters the notebook.
53 minutes: Llorente works a little for him and his shot eliminates Kouyate who sends him back to the goal of the palace.
Speroni is really down to repel him. All Spurs here.
49 minutes: The Spurs already seem a little more coherent in the future, with Lamela connecting things well.
Eric Dier succeeds in a decent shot and Joel Ward needs an excellent dive to escape the danger.
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The Spurs bring a change to the break. Erik Lamela on, instead of Jan Verthonghen, then they will go to four.
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Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Teams and Team News
Crystal Palace XI: Speroni, Ward, Kelly, Dann, Van Holt, Meyer, Kouyate, Schulupp, Townsend, Zaha, Wickham
Tottenham XI: Gazzaniga; Foyth, Sanchez, Vertonghen; Trippier, Skipp, Dier, Walker-Peters; Nkoudou, Lucas; Llorente
The Spurs made seven changes – Fernando Llorente made a new start in attack while Georges-Kevin Nkoudou was named in his starting lineup for the first time since January 2017.
Ben Davies and Moussa Sissoko were injured.
Connor Wickham debuted in front of Crystal Palace, but there was no room in the team for newcomers Lucas Perri or Bakary Sako.
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