Eberechi Eze said he was going to hand his man of the match award from Crystal Palace’s 3-0 FA Cup semi-final win over Aston Villa to Ismaila Sarr.
The Senegalese international set up Eze for his opener, winning possession back and crossing outside the box for the Greenwich-born attacker to score.
Sarr added a second in the 58th minute with a low drive from distance and wrapped up the game in the 94th minute after being played through by Eddie Nketiah.
Eze won the game’s man of the match award, which was announced before Sarr’s second goal of the match.
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“I probably got this a bit prematurely – I’ll be giving this to him inside,” Eze told BBC1 straight after full-time.
“He’s a top player and he’s helped us so much this season.”
Eze curled in the opener with a stunning shot from the edge.
“I saw the opportunity to shoot,” he added. “I always try my luck and we work on this type of stuff all the time.”
The Eagles, who are in the final for the third time in their history, will face either Manchester City or Nottingham Forest back at Wembley.
Eze added: “We’ve shown with performances like this all the time – we have proved that we’re not fearful of facing anyone.
“I trust us and that we’re going to continue to put in the work – hopefully we can do it.”
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