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Oliver Glasner after Crystal Palace's Carabao Cup victory against QPR: "Who's a better player than Eze? For me he's absolutely top. If he had been luckier this season, he would have had five or six goals.

"He's always dangerous because he has the quality and ability. He's such an unbelievable finisher. He's a guy who can always score and he's someone who everyone likes.

"This is why he's on the pitch because he's able to score goals."

On Eddie Nketiah, who opened his account for the Eagles: "Eddie's showed it before he joined that he can score goals,

"It's the patterns we have where players who come into this position, then we need players who can finish and he did really well.

"He's smart at finding space, he can play nine or 10 and he can play around the striker because he's smart. He can make a run in behind from the opposite side and wait for the cutback."

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There hasn't been much to cheer about for Crystal Palace so far this season, but a run to the EFL Cup fourth round could help change the tide.

Eberechi Eze was at the centre of it all against Queens Park Rangers - clinching a goal and an assist, as well as running riot against his former club.

His vision for the first goal was superb, finding Eddie Nketiah in acres of space in the box and allowing the summer signing to pick out his shot and slot home.

He would have had another assist in the bag moments later, but Nketiah was unable to head his team-mate's looping cross on target.

Eze also wreaked havoc in the middle of the pitch, too, with his darting dribbles only ending when a QPR player decided the only option was to foul him.

Despite a quieter second half and getting lucky with a fortunate deflection for his goal, Eze's performance showed exactly why he is worth every penny of the £19.5m Palace splashed out to sign him from QPR four years ago.

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Six Premier League teams are in Carabao Cup third-round action on Tuesday:

• Brentford v Leyton Orient - 19: 45

• Everton v Southampton - 19:45

• Preston v Fulham - 19:45

• QPR v Crystal Palace - 19:45

• Manchester United v Barnsley - 20:00 (listen on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra)

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Crystal Palace and Ipswich are monitoring 27-year-old Chelsea and England left-back Ben Chilwell for a potential January move. (Sun), external

Eintracht Frankfurt and Egypt striker Omar Marmoush is keen to secure a Premier League move, with Palace, Arsenal, Liverpool and West Ham all interested in the 25-year-old. (Teamtalk), external

Meanwhile, John Textor wants to speed up the sale of his shares in the Eagles as he aims to accelerate his purchase of Everton. (Mail), external

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Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner says they "will play the Carabao Cup to win it" and "have to be ready" to face Queens Park Rangers.

The Eagles will make the short trip to west London on Tuesday to face the Championship side in the third round of the competition.

"It's our duty to take the Carabao Cup very seriously," said Glasner. "We want to go into the next round, so we will play the Carabao Cup to win it.

"I don't know if it will happen, but it is an all or nothing game. We like those games.

"We beat Norwich [in the second round] when it was noisy, and we can beat QPR now. But if we don't perform at our top level we can also lose.

"They are a Championship team playing at home and we have to be ready."

Alex Pewter
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Seventeen months have passed since Leicester City's last visit to Selhurst Park. Both teams have had vastly differing journeys in the intervening season, with altered squads and changes in leadership - but both fixtures were capped with a Jean-Philippe Mateta goal in stoppage time.

If the first outing evoked joy and relief in equal measure, this was primarily the latter.

With Crystal Palace searching for their first league victory this season, the question at full-time was whether fans would praise the manner of the two-goal comeback or lament the mistakes that led to the team's deficit. Perhaps both. Yet, it's marginally preferable to be the maker of your own downfall via errors rather than being wholly outplayed at this stage.

As a club that has long been guilty of dropping the anchor to close out a victory away from home, the players know how difficult it is to break any team down.

Glasner's formation change and attacking switches at both wing-back positions were successful gambles.

As a squad that needs more than a single international break to develop cohesion and iron out issues, especially given the number of players away with their countries, the Carabao Cup on Tuesday is a vital opportunity to do just that.

As the second Championship opposition in three weeks, QPR may be the lesser side on paper, but there is every indication that the club will again field a strong side.

Even with Manchester United on the horizon for Saturday, players - whether new or old - need minutes to build vital chemistry.

In this instance, focusing on the league would be the opposite of what Palace need to do.

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We asked for your thoughts after Saturday's Premier League game between Crystal Palace and Leicester.

Here are some of your comments:

Palace fans

Gary: We seem to be playing like a team in transition at the moment. I'm sure once the players get used to each other we will become a very good side.

Pedro: We got our 'get out of jail free' card but we were sloppy all over, failing to cover and track back, and too easily broken up in attack. Early days - but we need to tighten up in defence and overlap better in attack. Frustrating with signs of promise.

Hector: Palace first-half performance was dreadful. We had no stability at the back. This is because we play a different back five every game. But credit to Glasner for throwing on more attack-minded players. Also, Eddie Nketiah had a solid debut and looked dangerous. He be a good addition!

Leicester fans

Steve: I wish Cooper would stop being so cautious. We were well on the way to beating Palace, then for no reason he puts on another defender. Two points thrown away by manager incompetence for me. Gutted we didn't win.

Mike: Really disappointing to have not won the match, but a good performance away from home. Before the game, I think most Foxes fans would have been happy to take a point.

Dave: A point is welcome but it really should have been more. Defensive lunges in injury time aren’t a sign of clever defending. Anyone who saw Vestergaard play for Denmark last week must be asking why he wasn’t in the team. Is Cooper going to put him in the freezer like Rodgers did? If so, why?

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Jean-Philippe Mateta ended the 2023-24 campaign with 13 goals in 13 league games under Oliver Glasner, but the Frenchman had failed to open his Premier League account for the new season going into Saturday's meeting with Leicester.

After giving his team hope with a close-range finish early in the second half, Mateta's stoppage-time penalty rescued a point for Palace after Conor Coady had brought down Ismaila Sarr.

While Glasner will be thrilled with the striker's contribution, he will have been less impressed with some of Palace's defending against Steve Cooper's team, who could and maybe should have been more ruthless in taking advantage.

Stephy Mavididi should have done better in the aftermath of Marc Guehi's failed clearance in the first half, but a similar error from Palace debutant Maxence Lacroix gifted the Foxes a second goal seconds after the restart.

Eddie Nketiah, who was also making his first appearance for the Eagles after joining from Arsenal on deadline day, was a lively presence and almost opened his account for the club with the score at 2-1, his low shot flying narrowly past the far post.

Mateta will grab the headlines on this occasion, but Nketiah's time will come.

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Oliver Glasner spoke to BBC Match of the Day after Crystal Palace drew with Leicester: "It was a rocky road, giving the opposition too many situations, sometimes they don't have to work too hard for it.

"Mentally it was a very tough game but, coming back like this, big compliments to the players today.

"We know we have to improve some parts of our game, but everyone saw we can create good moments and chances against a deep team.

"Of course the heart was beating [for the late penalty] but Jean-Philippe [Mateta] is a great penalty shooter."

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Chris Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League matches this season, against a variety of guests.

For week four, he takes on Femi Koleoso and Ife Ogunjobi from jazz band Ezra Collective, the 2023 Mercury Music Prize winners.

Sutton's prediction: 2-1

Crystal Palace have made a slow start to the season and, in fact, I would even call it disappointing, but their wait for a first win of the new campaign won't go on much longer.

They should be a little bit too streetwise for Leicester, and I am finding it difficult to back the Foxes at the moment. It looks to me like they have got a long battle ahead of them to stay up.

Femi's prediction: 3-1

Palace to win and Eberechi Eze to score.

Ife's prediction: 1-1

I feel like Leicester will get something here.

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Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner has praised new signing Eddie Nketiah for his "high intensity in training" and all-round work ethic.

The forward, who joined from Arsenal on a five-year-deal in August, could make his debut for the Eagles against Leicester on Saturday.

"I could see it in the first training [session]. He is very good technically and he has a great finish," Glasner said.

"We had a friendly game in the international break and he scored two goals. And what I'm really surprised at, in a positive way, is how hard he's working in training.

"He's always one of those guys who is running most in a training session, having the highest intensity in his training.

"This is also very, very positive for us and I'm happy that he's here. We believe in his quality, we believe in his mentality and his character, and he showed it.

"He's ready."

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Earlier, we asked you who has made the most Premier League appearances for Crystal Palace.

The correct answer is long-serving defender Joel Ward, who has made 304 top-flight appearances for the Eagles.

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Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner has been speaking to the media before Saturday's home Premier League game against Leicester (kick-off 15:00 BST).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• Keeping key player Marc Guehi, who was the subject of several bids from Newcastle during the transfer window, was "crucial" for Palace.

• Adam Wharton is available for Saturday after having a "few days off" and spending the rest of last week training individually, but Chadi Riad will be out for "eight to 12 weeks" with a knee injury.

• On new singing Trevoh Chalobah: "Unfortunately, Trevoh got injured in his first training session with us, so he's also not available. It shouldn't be a long injury but he is also questionable for QPR."

• Glasner is "pleased" with the depth of his squad and the club's transfer business, adding: "Great players with great characters and a good spirit in the group."

• On Palace's slow start that has led to them picking up just one point from their first three league games: "We have to be critical. Today was the first training session where we had all players available because of injuries. I told them this is like a restart. When you have a Formula 1 car and you have to change one tyre... it's the same in our squad."

• He added: "We have had 30 to 40% changes in our squad and this means we have to build a new group and find a common sense of how we want to play on the pitch and how we want to treat each other."

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