Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew will hope that history doesn’t repeat itself in the FA Cup final – even though he admitted it did so in the semi-final win over Watford.
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Similar to Palace’s opener, Jose Manuel Jurado fired in a corner which Deeney met ahead of centre-half Scott Dann before planting a firm header past Palace stopper Wayne Hennessey.
Watford briefly had the upper hand until six minutes later when Wickham headed home Papa Souare’s inch-perfect cross.
Manchester United beat Everton 2-1 on Saturday.
5′ GOAL! Bolasie has just scored for Crystal palace just 5 minutes in. Following a dramatic 3-3 draw, United won the replay 1-0 to give Alex Ferguson his first trophy as United manager.
Pardew also believes the backdrop to this season’s final on 21 May will have parallels with 1990.
Crystal Palace’s Connor Wickham, right, scores a goal beating Watford’s Nathan Ake during the English FA Cup semifinal soccer match between Crystal Palace and Watford. It’s all well and good talking about the psychology of a semi-final, but you still need to deliver.
That should be a formality with the Eagles eight points clear of the relegation zone with three games remaining.
The former Manchester United man will be lining up against Louis van Gaal’s men back here at Wembley next month but there was a real possibility he would have watched this one from the stands.
“We paid a bit of homage to that side with the flick-on for the corner”, added Pardew.
The final is going to be a big day for Wilf.
Adlene Guedioura scuffed wide late on as Palace were able to hang on and celebrate victory at Wembley, just like did in the Championship play-off final between the sides in 2013.
Any summer review of Quique Sanchez Flores’s work should surely be more likely to result in a new contract than a P45 and, with Premier League status secure, an FA Cup final should be the icing on the cake.
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“In this moment, I feel we had the chance to win the match”. “But this guy has unbelievable ability. I thought he would be up for manager of the year and he has been incredible for us”, Watson said after the semi-final loss. Watford are safe. That’s very important for us this year. “We don’t have reasons to talk about me”. But Ighalo is another player they are looking at after his dazzling first season in the Premier League.
