Football writer Alex Keble analyses Saturday’s FA Cup quarter-final ties.
Fulham 0-3 Crystal Palace
Eze’s brilliance could take Palace all the way
For half an hour he didn’t do a lot, drifting on the periphery of the match and crowded out by a Fulham midfield beginning to take control of the first FA Cup quarter-final of the weekend.
Then he burst into life.
One five-minute blitz later, Eberechi Eze had taken the tie away from the hosts – and taken Crystal Palace to their second FA Cup semi-final in four years.
Eze’s goal – a brilliant curled effort from outside the box – broke open a cagey match at Craven Cottage. His assist for the second four minutes later was arguably even better, the dribble and cross…