Oliver Glasner substituted Eberechi Eze in the 90th minute and rather than a swift pat on the back, given to others who’d come off, the Eagles boss instead placed an arm round his player’s shoulder and delivered words of thanks to the man who had sent Crystal Palace to Wembley.
“I told him that his goal helped him a lot today,” Glasner explained. “We got the belief from that. It was fundamental.”
