Tottenham’s treble hopes ended by Crystal Palace Crystal Palace ended Tottenham’s hopes of the treble with an unexpected 1-0 win at White Hart Lane that took them into the FA Cup quarter-finals.
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“I think our fans will give a good welcome to Ade because he played for Tottenham”.
Michel Vorm will continue in goal in the absence of injured skipper Hugo Lloris, and Tom Carroll also misses out with an Achilles issue.
Superb play from Zaha created an opening for Kelly and the right-back thundered a powerful strike into the top corner, leaving Vorm helpless at his near post. Again Poch will be starting most of the first team though, as advancing the FA Cup should be a high priority for Spurs.
Chelsea hosts Manchester City in Sunday’s other FA Cup game.
Crystal Palace though have been one of the most erratic teams in the league and can come up trumps against any side in the competition or can capitulate rather easily as well.
Adebayor and Spurs agreed to cancel his contract last September, preventing him from joining a new club until January, and the forward defended himself against a perception that he was still happy to get paid while not playing.
They take on a Palace side who have won just two of their last 11 competitive games and manager Alan Pardew is expecting a tough test on Sunday.
The return of Yannick Bolasie off the bench in the second half was yet another positive for Pardew during an afternoon to remember. Palace were fifth in the Premier League at the end of December but are now 13th after a run of nine games without a win.
The 58-year-old added: “Palace still can not buy a Premier League win”. If you combined those two bets in a score-cast then we get very tempting odds of 16/1. Poch should rest Mousa Dembélé as he played a full 45 minutes on Thursday and will need to be fit for the second leg matchup against Fiorentina.
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The Togo worldwide, who joined Palace in January, has expressed frustration at the way Spurs chairman Daniel Levy handled his exit and made it clear he would celebrate if he scores against his former club this weekend.
