Dominant Palace down Tottenham before FA Cup final

While Spurs sunk to new lows on a bright and sunny day in north London, their neighbours Palace are now 90 minutes away from arguably the biggest day in the club’s history.

The Eagles booked a first FA Cup final since 2016 by beating Aston Villa 3-0 in the semi-finals last month and they are hoping to lift the prestigious silverware for the first time when they meet Pep Guardiola’s City in the capital on Saturday.

And a win against Tottenham was exactly what Glasner ordered as they ended a run of five league games without victory, right before the short hop to Wembley, with their first-ever league double over Spurs.

The result also saw them match their record points tally in the Premier League for the second season running and they will be confident of making it their best-ever campaign with games against Wolves and champions Liverpool still to go.

Those are clear signs of progress achieved under their Austrian manager Glasner, who joined from Eintracht Frankfurt last year, but a crucial summer awaits.

The Palace boss has been linked with a return to Bundesliga with RB Leipzig.

Last summer saw attacker Michael Olise leave to join Bayern Munich while Sunday’s two-goal hero Eze, captain Guehi, top scorer Jean-Philippe Mateta and midfielder Adam Wharton, who missed out because of an injury here, will all be in demand this time around.

It will be interesting to see who they manage to hold on to, but first, they will hope to write some history together come Saturday.