Crystal Palace stun Fulham to reach FA Cup semis

Crystal Palace eclipsed a stunned Fulham 3-0 at Craven Cottage as they provided an astute away win to pick up a fifth win in a row and reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup.

The home side, Fulham were the better side for the first exchanges but could not take advantage of their dominance and home support.

Rodrigo Muniz went closest for the home side in the first half and would be left shocked when the away side took the lead.

The winger Eberechi Eze gave the visitors the lead against the run of play with an excellent strike in the 34th minute.

Eze, who also scored for England against Latvia in a recent World Cup Qualifier, has been in great form in recent weeks, and he again showed his class with a fantastic goal; the England international cutting in from the left and curling a beautiful low shot around Bernd Leno and in off the far post.

Eze, then had a critical part to play in the second goal when his cross was headed in at the near post by Ismaila Sarr.

Willian forced Dean Henderson into a good save but Marco Silva's side couldn't find a way back into the match, before Eddie Nketiah added a third, slotting the ball through Leno's legs to hand Palace a win that sees them take their place at Wembley for the final four.

In other last eight clashes, Brighton host Nottingham Forest on Saturday evening (Kick off 20.15 local time).

On Sunday, Preston host Aston Villa with Bournemouth taking on Manchester City.

The winner of the FA CUP automatically qualifies for the Europa League competition in 2025/26.