Whereas Spurs sunk to new lows on a brilliant and sunny day in north London, their neighbours Palace at the moment are 90 minutes away from arguably the largest end result within the membership’s historical past.
The Eagles booked a primary FA Cup last since 2016 by beating Aston Villa 3-0 within the semi-finals final month and they’re hoping to carry the distinguished silverware for the first time after they meet Pep Guardiola’s Metropolis within the capital on Saturday.
And a win in opposition to Tottenham was precisely what Glasner ordered as they ended a run of 5 league video games with out victory, proper earlier than the quick hop to Wembley, with their first league double over Spurs.
Ismaila Sarr netted for Palace from Daniel Munoz’s cross inside 10 minutes just for it to be chalked off for offside earlier than proper wing-back Munoz rattled the crossbar.
Palace’s frustrations grew as Maxence Lacroix then had his header disallowed after it hit team-mate Marc Guehi’s arm on its approach in.
However Eze turned dwelling a cross from Munoz on the stroke of half-time to make it 1-0 earlier than the end result was put past doubt solely three minutes into the second half when Eze performed Sarr by earlier than side-footing the return go into aim.
The end result additionally noticed them match their file factors tally within the Premier League for the second season working and they are going to be assured of creating it their best-ever marketing campaign with video games in opposition to Wolves and champions Liverpool nonetheless to go.
These are clear indicators of progress achieved below their Austrian supervisor Glasner, who joined from Eintracht Frankfurt final 12 months, however an important summer time awaits.
The Palace boss has been linked with a return to Bundesliga with RB Leipzig.
Final summer time noticed attacker Michael Olise go away to hitch Bayern Munich whereas Sunday’s two-goal hero Eze, captain Guehi, prime scorer Jean-Philippe Mateta and midfielder Adam Wharton, who missed out due to an harm right here, will all be in demand this time round.
It is going to be attention-grabbing to see who they handle to carry on to, however first, they’ll hope to jot down some historical past collectively come Saturday.
