Nketiah takes Crystal Palace past Fulham and earns Sage breathing space

By Ed Aarons at Craven CottageThursday 29 October · 00:53

If Crystal Palace could play all their matches in this stadium then Pierre Sage surely wouldn’t be under any pressure at all. A fifth victory over Fulham on their own patch in the space of 18 months eased some of the growing pressure on the Palace manager as they booked a third consecutive appearance in the quarterfinals of this competition. The good news for Sage is that Arsenal – who beat them on both of those occasions – have already been eliminated, although he knows that Saturday’s game aga