Tottenham 0-2 Crystal Palace: Eze at the double for FA Cup finalists

Crystal Palace earned a maiden Premier League double over Tottenham Hotspur as Eberechi Eze’s brace sealed a 2-0 win for the Eagles on Sunday.

Eze scored either side of the interval for Oliver Glasner’s side, as he netted in three successive league matches for the very first time in his playing career.

Palace dominated the opening exchanges and thought they had edged in front when Ismaila Sarr tucked home Daniel Munoz’s cross, though the goal was ruled out following a VAR review, with Jean-Philippe Mateta offside in the build-up.

The visitors then had a second goal ruled out when Maxence Lacroix’s header struck the arm of Marc Guehi, but they finally made the breakthrough in the 45th minute when Munoz raced into the area before squaring for Eze to finish.

Palace picked up where they left off in the second half as Eze doubled his side’s advantage with a confident finish after being set up by Sarr in the 48th minute.

They almost added a third, but Kinsky was on hand to thwart Mateta’s effort from inside the box before substitute Eddie Nketiah saw his strike in second-half stoppage time saved by the Spurs keeper.

The result sees Palace move on to 49 points, equalling their best tally in the Premier League, while Spurs drop to 17th following their 20th league defeat of the season.

The complete away performance. #FC // #TOTCRY pic.twitter.com/0Plo8k9zUC

— Crystal Palace F.C. (@FC) May 11, 2025

Data Debrief: Eze breaks new ground against sorry Spurs

Eze is enjoying a strong end to the campaign and produced a goal-laden display to hand Palace a comfortable win over Spurs.

After today’s brace, and goals against Arsenal and Nottingham Forest last time out, he has now scored in three consecutive league matches for the first time in his career at the 268th attempt.

Munoz was a constant threat for the visitors down the right flank and his assist for Eze’s first goal puts him on nine overall goal involvements for the season, the t-most for a Palace defender along with Chris Coleman in the 1992-93 season.

Despite reaching the Europa League final in midweek, this has been a historically bad domestic season for Spurs, and they have now lost 24 matches in all competitions this season, only ing more in 1991-92 (25).