Fulham v Crystal Palace LIVE: Result and reaction as Eagles soar into FA Cup semi-finals
Fulham 0-3 Crystal Palace: Oliver Glasner’s side near-faultless as they breeze 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:
Fulham 0-2 Crystal Palace
42 mins: Adam Wharton looked like he was going to have a tough time of it today after the opening 15 minutes - but as he roulettes past two Fulham players, it’s safe to say he has found his groove.
GOAL! Fulham 0-2 Crystal Palace
38 mins: GOAL! Palace have grown into this game, and then some!
Berge gives Eze too much time on the left, who this time turns creator to whip the ball into the danger area, with Ismaila Sarr making a darting run to meet it and head home.
Two goals in four minutes for Palace, and Fulham have a herculean job on their hands if they’re going to head to Wembley.
GOAL! Fulham 0-1 Crystal Palace
34 mins: GOAL! Take a bow, Ebereche Eze!
Eze receives the ball outside and dances towards goal before firing a pinpoint curler into the far corner. An incredible way to break the deadlock.
Fulham 0-0 Crystal Palace
32 mins: Rodrigo Muniz leans into Henderson who jumps up to collect the ball, with the keeper tumbling over the Brazilian and hitting the deck.
Muniz then hits the deck off a challenge from Lacroix. Feisty.
Fulham 0-0 Crystal Palace
25 mins: OFF THE BAR! That would have been one of the goals of the DECADE!
Fulham head a Palace set piece up into the air and drops towards Jefferson Lerma outside the box - time stands still before he catches it perfectly on the volley, with it dipping towards the top-left corner.
Leno is beaten but it doesn’t have enough dip on it, ricocheting the bar instead. So close to something out of this world.
Fulham 0-0 Crystal Palace
22 mins: Wharton is already on a yellow and he’s VERY lucky not to be off.
He gets knocked into by a running Muniz and responds by subtly kicking out at Muniz, who goes down in a heap. The touch was minimal and safe to say Muniz was milking it, but that’s a yellow card offence.
VAR look at it and it’s rightly not deemed a straight red, which is the only thing they can act on. Wharton gets away with it.
Fulham 0-0 Crystal Palace
19 mins: CLOSE! What an assist that would’ve been from Bassey!
The defender runs onto a pass from Willian and sends Richards to the shops to give himself ages in the box to pick out a white shirt.
He pulls it back to Pereira who drags his shot just wide of the far post.
Fulham 0-0 Crystal Palace
14 mins: A second late sliding challenge of the game and Wharton is in the book.
He’s on a tightrope with a massive portion of this game to play.
Fulham 0-0 Crystal Palace
13 mins: Brilliant burst of pace from Sarr towards the byline before playing it across towards the on-rushing Mateta. Well defended by Berge who cuts it out to concede a corner.
Palace win the first header from the corner and it bounces in a dangerous position, but no-one can get the decisive finish and Leno collects.
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