Eddie Nketiah steered Crystal Palace into the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup as they won 1-0 at Fulham. The striker scored in the first half of their fourth-round tie at Craven Cottage, to help ease the pressure on under-fire boss Pierre Sage. Fulham dominated the first half and missed a slew of chances, only to see Palace take the lead with their first shot of the game on 37 minutes. Oscar Mingueza burst down the right and crossed for Nketiah to flick in with a deft touch. Fulham then continued to push after the break, with Alex Iwobi going closest as he forced a point-blank save from Dean Henderson from a corner. They had another big chance to level in stoppage-time, but Henderson was on hand again to palm away Gonzalo Garcia's header.
Key moments included Tete miscuing a header at the back post completely unmarked in the 16th minute, followed by another huge chance saved by Henderson in the 18th. The decisive goal came in the 37th minute when Nketiah steered in Mingueza's cross from the right with a deft touch - just his 10th touch of the game and Palace's first attack.
In the 68th minute, Castagne's flick at the front post helped the cross find Iwobi but his effort was straight at Henderson. Palace goalkeeper Henderson kept that one out with his legs from the close-range effort. In the 87th minute, Kamada should have wrapped the game up for Palace but sent the shot wide from inside the box.
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