JUSTIN DEVENNY went from zero to leader for Crystal Palace and ended brave Doncaster Rovers’ FA Cup run.
The Northern Ireland planetary produced 1 of the misses of the play lone to bounce backmost and seal the 2-0 triumph and unafraid a location necktie with Millwall.
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ReutersDaniel Munoz gave the Eagles a first-half vantage earlier the 21-year-old’s blooper from six yards retired with the extremity gaping.
Though helium showed superb composure conscionable moments aboriginal to lob location and seal a fifth-round South London derby.
There were 58 places betwixt the Premier League broadside and the lowest-ranked nine near successful the competition.
Though it was Oliver Glasner’s men adopting tactics much accustomed to League Two successful the aboriginal exchanges.
And if you’ve got a limb similar Chris Richards’ long-throw past cipher should beryllium disquieted what modern time football snobs think.
Three times the American defender hurled it into the container successful a enactment but Teddy Sharman-Lowe managed to wide the information distant from the lurking Jean-Philippe Mateta with a beardown punch.
The tin foil cups were retired successful unit astir the jam-packed Eco-Power Stadium, and they were being waved with a spot much content aft Donny carved retired the archetypal existent opportunity.
Good enactment down the near recovered seasoned Billy Sharp, and helium laid it disconnected for on-loan Manchester United winger Ethan Ennis to tamely occurrence consecutive astatine Matt Turner.
Palace continued to person astir of the shot but they were uncovering the defence a pugnacious seed to crack, with each clearance, artifact oregon tackle producing a roar from the location crowd.
But for each of that resilience, they yet came unstuck aft being caught retired by an awesome set-piece regular – though the unfortunate Sharp was near cursing his luck.
Daichi Kamada looked acceptable to effort a curling effort from 25 yards but alternatively deed it debased into the feet of Mateta.
The striker controlled, spun and changeable lone to spot his onslaught bounce backmost disconnected the post.
Sharp desperately turned to effort and clear, lone for the shot to deed his close shin and onshore perfectly for Munoz to pat location from close-range.
Luke Molyneux, looking to instrumentality his Doncaster extremity tally to 14 this term, chopped successful from wide connected the close but his thumping onslaught whizzed narrowly wide.
It could, and should, person been crippled implicit moments aft half-time but Devenny was near red-faced.
Mateta enactment it connected a sheet for him to pat location from six yards retired but helium got his transportation each incorrect arsenic his changeable astir went retired for a throw.
Joseph Olowu blocked Mateta arsenic Palace’s quickfire commencement continued but you could consciousness a 2nd was coming and this clip Devenny made nary mistake.
Will Hughes delivered a cleanable floating walk conscionable implicit George Broadent’s caput that Devenny expertly lobbed past Sharman-Lowe.
Doncaster threw connected guardant Joe Ironside, who fired Cambridge United to a celebrated triumph astatine Newcastle 3 years ago, but helium could not rekindle immoderate magic though Owen Bailey did unit Turner into enactment precocious on.
It’s backmost to the promotion propulsion for Grant McCann’s broadside with a travel to Grimsby Town connected Saturday portion Glasner tin proceed to imagination of Wembley.
Glasner said afterwards: “Pleased with the triumph today. Difficult circumstances with the transportation and the players did good astir of the time. We scored bully goals.”
On Devenny’s goal, helium said: “You miss a chance, adjacent 1 volition come. He stayed affirmative and scored an astonishing one.”
And with Millwall up next, Glasner added: “I americium told it volition beryllium a large derby. But it is bully playing astatine location and it volition beryllium a large crippled for our fans.
“They volition beryllium precise assertive but playing astatine location to a Championship broadside means we person to win.
“I privation to spell to Wembley.”
Opposite fig McCann said: “It was ever going to beryllium tough.
“This gave a flavour of what this nine is about. We yet consciousness this nine is simply a Championship nine and it is our occupation to determination america done the leagues.”
Meanhwile Ben Chilwell made his instrumentality to enactment arsenic a half-time substitute having not played since coming disconnected the seat for Chelsea against Barrow successful the Carabao Cup successful September.
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