Aston Villa 1-2 Crystal Palace: Kamada makes the difference
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Crystal Palace recorded back-to-back wins for the first time this season as they reached the quarter-final stage of the Carabao Cup.
It is the first time since the 2011-12 campaign that Palace have reached this stage of the competition.
Eberechi Eze opened the scoring for Oliver Glasner's side and there will have been concern when he was withdrawn to injury but Daichi Kamada came on in his place and scored the winner for the away side.
Kamada looked lively during his substitute appearance, scoring his second goal in the competition this term, latching on to Diego Carlos's poor pass and unleashing a fierce low shot from the edge of the area.
The Japan international also struck a free-kick into the wall before firing the rebound over the bar and ran on to a loose ball before dragging his shot wide of the post.
Palace will travel to Arsenal in the next round the week commencing 16 December.