Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish has been speaking to Channel 5 about Eberechi Eze's absence in last night's Europa Conference League play-off: "We have to move past it. He has been fantastic for us and we are pleased that he will go on to fulfil his ambitions.

Crystal Palace striker Jean-Phillipe Mateta was full of pride proving the matchwinner in their Europa Conference League playoff with Fredrikstad.

THEY were demoted before they had kicked a ball and robbed of their star player on the morning of the match. Yet Crystal Palace’s maiden European adventure still began with a victory at a rocking,

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Glasner, speaking on Channel 5 ahead of the first leg at Selhurst Park, admitted that he expected Eberechi Eze to start for Palace against Fredrikstad. However, the manager revealed that Eze called him and told him he did not feel well enough to play in the match.