Fulham v Crystal Palace LIVE: Result and response as Eagles soar into FA Cup semi-finals
Ebereche Eze was at the heart of a Crystal Palace clinic as the Eagles soared past Fulham to book their place in the FA Cup semi-finals.
After holding off a bright Cottagers start, Palace began to threaten and after Jefferson Lerma was denied an awe-inspiring volley by the crossbar, the visitors took the lead through a delightful curled effort from Eze.
Eze then turned provider four minutes later to set up Ismaila Sarr, who headed in from close range to give Palace breathing space before the break.
Palace looked comfortable in the second half and kept Fulham from ever really threatening before Eddie Nketiah sealed Palace’s trip to Wembley with 15 minutes to go, topping off a perfect afternoon for Oliver Glasner‘s side.
Follow all the reaction from Craven Cottage with our live blog below:
Crystal Palace breeze past Fulham into FA Cup last four
FULL-TIME! Fulham 0-3 Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace put on a clinic at the Cottage to seal their place in the FA Cup semi-finals.
First-half goals from Ebereche Eze and Ismaila Sarr were added to by Eddie Nketiah after the restart, topping off an afternoon that saw Palace prevent Fulham from ever really threatening.
A perfect performance, and the Eagles are flying to Wembley.
Fulham 0-3 Crystal Palace
90 mins: THREE minutes added on.
Away end is in full voice.
Fulham 0-3 Crystal Palace
89 mins: Clyne has just come on for Palace and he’s quickly found his way into the book.
Devenny and Franca have also come on for two of Palace’s three goalscorers, Eze and Sarr.
Fulham 0-3 Crystal Palace
85 mins: More excellent defending by the visitors to deny Muniz on the break.
Even at 3-0, they’re throwing their bodies on the line to prevent Fulham from even getting a consolation.
Fulham 0-3 Crystal Palace
83 mins: Palace could have had another as Chris Richards latched onto a corner, only for his header to be blocked by his own teammate.
Fulham 0-3 Crystal Palace
80 mins: Fulham win another corner – this time under questionable circumstances, with the referee deeming that Henderson didn’t keep the ball in play. Replays indicate that he did just that.
Either way, as has been the case all game, a Palace head gets to the resulting delivery first.
GOAL! Fulham 0-3 Crystal Palace
75 mins: GOAL! Crystal Palace are on their way to Wembley!
Just off the bench, Nketiah times his run to perfection and slots it past Leno to put the contest surely out of sight.
Some afternoon for the Eagles, this.
Fulham 0-2 Crystal Palace
71 mins: Four changes to make note of, two for each side.
Mateta’s return to action ends without a goal as Nketiah comes on in his place, while Kamada replaces Wharton, who has been on a yellow for the last hour.
For the hosts, Sessegnon replaces captain Robinson an even more attacking-minded left-back, and Jimenez comes on for Willian.
Fulham 0-2 Crystal Palace
69 mins: CHANCE! How did Bassey not put that in?!
The corner that results from Henderson’s save is whipped in and bounces into the six-yard box, where Bassey scrambles to get the finish.
He’s on the ground with the ball right next to him – he swings a leg at it but Sarr gets there to prevent it crossing the line.
