Nketiah steers Palace past Fulham

Nketiah steers Palace past Fulham

Eddie Nketiah steered Crystal Palace into the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup as they won 1-0 at Fulham.The striker scored in the first half of their fourth-round tie at Craven Cottage, to help ease the pressure on under-fire boss Pierre Sage. Fulham dominated the first half and missed a slew of chances, only to see Palace take the lead with their first shot of the game on 37 minutes. As it happened | Teams | StatsGot Sky? Watch Premier League games LIVE on your phone📱Not got Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW 📺Oscar Mingueza burst down the right and crossed for Nketiah to flick in with a deft touch.Fulham then continued to push after the break, with Alex Iwobi going closest as he forced a point-blank save from Dean Henderson from a corner. They had another big chance to level in stoppage-time, but Henderson was on hand again to palm away Gonzalo Garcia's header. The key moments from Craven Cottage Image: Eddie Nketiah celebrates scoring for Crystal Palace 16: BIG CHANCE! Tete miscues his header at the back post completely unmarked. Fulham should be ahead. More from Reports And Highlights WCL: Chelsea 2-0 Roma: Blues continue unbeaten start as Ellie Carpenter and Kadeisha Buchanan score Fleetwood 1-1 Arsenal (5-3 pens): Premier League champions dumped out of Carabao Cup by League Two side Barnet vs York MK Dons vs Bromley Bradford City 2-0 Peterborough: Macauley Gillesphey and Adam Phillips fire Bantams into Carabao Cup quarter-finals Sheffield Wednesday vs Cambridge 18: SAVE! Fulham have ANOTHER huge chance to score but Robinson's tame effort is saved by Henderson.37: GOAL! PALACE LEAD OUT OF NOWHERE! Pierre Sage's side are in front with their first shot of the game. Nketiah steers in Mingueza's cross from the right with a deft touch. That is just his 10th touch of the game. That must have been Palace's first attack.68: FULHAM HAVE TO SCORE! Castagne's flick at the front post helps the cross find Iwobi but his effort is straight at Henderson. The Palace goalkeeper kept that one out with his legs from the close-range effort.87: HUGE CHANCE! Kamada should wrap the game up for Palace but he sends the shot wide from inside the box.Fulham fixturesCrystal Palace fixturesPremier League Fixtures

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