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Crystal Palace of England youngster, Michael Olise got one of the goals that helped The Eagles snatch victory over lower division side, Hartlepool in the English FA Cup, megasportsarena.com reports.
Olise and his pals eased into the fifth round of the competition with first-half goals by the Nigerian-born youngster and Marc Guehi that downed visiting Hartlepool at Selhurst Park.
Palace’s coach, Patrick Vieira was happy seeing his side go 2-0 up inside 22 minutes but, with their League Two opponents improving after the break, there were no further goals.
The Eagles could still have triumphed by a greater margin but Vieira, a five-time winner of the FA Cup as a player, would not have minded and will be keen for Palace to get a favourable last-16 draw on Sunday morning.
Vieira put out another strong team with only four changes made from the defeat to Liverpool last month. There was one big surprise, with Martin Kelly given a first start in 17 months.
A large travelling contingent made for an electric atmosphere before kick-off but it did not take long for the Premier League club to flex their muscles.
Only four minutes were on the clock when Guehi tapped home for his third goal since a summer move from Chelsea.
Olise was the creator with a wonderful free-kick from the right and England Under-21 centre-back Guehi timed his run to perfection before producing an equally impressive finish.
Former Queens Park Rangers dazzler, Eberechi Eze also got into the match highlights when he superbly worked a yard of space before seeing a shot deflect wide off Gary Liddle after 16 minutes.
Eze looked in the mood and dribbled past two opponents shortly afterwards before he was upended but the resulting free-kick was curled over by the playmaker.
Hartlepool had brought 4,700 fans down to the capital and a sustained period of possession saw the visiting support break out into a chorus of Oles.
Palace – and in particular Olise – brought them back down to earth in the 22nd minute, though, when the hosts went 2-0 up.
A short goal-kick was won back by Joel Ward and Conor Gallagher found Olise, who flicked the ball past Croydon-born Timi Odusina before he checked back inside and curled the ball into the bottom corner.
Olise flashed another effort wide while defender Ward was also denied a goal prior to half-time when Ben Killip saved his low shot.
The Hartlepool goalkeeper was busy at the start of the second period, producing a double save to repel the relentless Olise and Jean-Philippe Mateta also had a shot saved.
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