Palace reach FA Cup final

Crystal Palace will play Manchester United in a repeat of the 1990 FA Cup final after beating Watford in the semi-final 2-1 at Wembley on Sunday.

Yannick Bolasie headed Palace into an early lead but Troy Deeney levelled the match on 55 minutes.

With the game on a knife edge, Conor Wickham popped up with the winning goal on 61 minutes to send Palace to their first FA Cup final since losing out to United in a replay following a memorable 3-3 draw. 

Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew scored the winner for the club in their semi-final win in 1990 and the opening goal, 26 years on, evoked memories of that famous goal against Liverpool.

Pardew was on hand that day to nod home after a near post flick-on and the same corner routine was used to unlock the Watford defence on six minutes.

Yohan Cabaye drove a corner into the unguarded near post area to Damien Delaney, who flicked a looping header towards the back post which was bravely nodded home by the spring-heeled Bolasie.

Watford were struggling to deal with the Wembley occasion in the early stages but were almost gifted a way back into the match on 19 …

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