Match Reports: Crystal Palace 4-1 Charlton Athletic

Crystal Palace’s Dwight Gayle put himself in contention to face Watford on Sunday after scoring a hat-trick against Charlton Athletic in the Capital One Cup.

“We were pleased with Wilf, he was a threat all night and caused them problems, created chances for us and worked hard out of possession so he has responded in the right manner”. “It is a game I am looking forward to”.

Pardew’s previous isn’t the only bit of spice associated with the south-east London derby, which comes just over 30 years to the day since Charlton left The Valley for a controversial six-year ground share in SE25.

The last time both sides met, Palace came back from a goal down to win 2-1 at home, thanks to Glenn Murray’s victor.

The former Sunderland striker was then felled for the 59th-minute penalty that Gayle duly dispatched, before the latter netted again from the spot after he was sent tumbling by Alou Diarra, who was sent off for the challenge.

Rodriguez then scored his second from the penalty spot three minutes into the second half before Long scored twice in seven second-half minutes to complete the scoring.

Luzon insisted that morale in the camp would not be affected.

“I’ve stated many times how much I want us to progress as far as we possibly can in this tournament as we attempt to get some silverware in the cabinet”.

“One result will not damage the morale – tonight is finished and we now need to focus on Cardiff and take the positives into the game”.

“We sold our captain (Andy Reid) at Christmas”.

Despite the backlash that might come his way, the Israeli tactician had a message for the travelling fans.

“I miss regular fixtures against the likes of Charlton and Millwall because there’s always a buzz around those games and it seems like an eternity ago that we last faced Charlton back in February 2013”, he said in his programme notes ahead of this evening.

Charlton’s winless run stretches to five games.