Premier Sport’s Shay Given and Kenny Cunningham were highly critical of the performances of both Will Hughes and Jean-Philippe Mateta in the FA Cup against Stoke City on Tuesday evening.
The two former Ireland internationals were covering Crystal Palace’s fifth-round tie with Stoke at Selhurst Park where the hosts managed to squeeze past the Potters 2-1 courtesy of goals from Cheikhou Kouyate and Jairo Riedewald.
But despite advancing through to the quarter-finals for the second time in four seasons though, Palace didn’t look anywhere near the top level they’ve shown at times under Patrick Vieira in the Premier League this season.
