Crystal Palace vs Tottenham , FA Cup 2018-19

             Cristal Palace vs Tottenham




   London , FA Cup : Crystal Palace beat Tottenham 2-0 in the fifth round of the FA Cup 2018-19 . Both the goals were scored in the first half . Tottenham failed to convert a penalty just before the half time break .



   After losing the penalty shootout to Chelsea in the EFL Cup , Mauricio Pochettino almost change the whole starting lineup . He made 7 changes here and in the result Tottenham losses the match to Crystal Palace .

   Roy Hodgson also makes six changes in his starting lineup and its work well for him .

   Crystal Palace straggles to get the ball possession in first few minutes . Though having the possession , Tottenham didn't able to get into the box . Goal !!! Cristal Palace scored the first goal in 9th minute , against the run of the play . Schlupp takes a shot from the edge of six-yard box , Gazzaniga saves it but the reflected ball finds Wickham and he sends it into the empty net . It the Wickham's only goal in 799 days , since he scored vs Manchester City .


   Spurs went for a quick attack just after the goal but due to a too long pass of Lucas the attack comes to an end . In 18th minutes , Lucas's powerful hit went ovar the bar . Crystal Palace got a chance, when van Aanholt receives a ball and shoot it towards the goal , the goalkeeper stretches his body and saves it .

   Tottenham plays too many passes in their half and trying to go forward . Crystal Palace happy to stay on their side . In the 32nd minutes Spurs gives a penalty gift to Place .  Walker-Peters went to clear a cross and made a hand ball . Townsend makes no mistake to score from the spot . Cristal Palace takes the lead to 2-0 .

   Spurs defence makes lots of mistakes now and Place try to take advantage of it . Ward receives an injury on his nose because of refusing to go aside from the wall . A good chance has come to Tottenham in form of a penalty in 43' . van Aanholt wants to clear the ball through legs of Foyth but he hit the player at the end and refree gives it a penalty . Tottenham missed the chance as Trippier could not convert the penalty in into a goal . Pochettino looks very angry after it and thats the end of the first half .

   Tottenham tries equalise the score but they can't do it and lost the match . Now they are going to focus on the Premier League game .

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