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Analysis: Mateta wreaks havoc again

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Jean-Philippe Mateta celebrates with his teammates
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Once upon a time, Oliver Glasner fretted about the limited options at his disposal as injuries ravaged his squad. Not any more.

The Crystal Palace manager turned to his impressive bench midway through the second half as he threw on Adam Wharton, Ismaila Sarr and Jean-Philippe Mateta, and in doing so he changed the outcome of this game.

The trio all played their part in the turnaround, but Mateta will rightly grab the attention at the end of a memorable week for the Crystal Palace striker.

Not only did Mateta end his goal drought and produce a devastating display in the 3-0 win against Fiorentina in the Europa Conference League quarter-final on Thursday, but he followed that up with a superb cameo against Newcastle.

It summed up Crystal Palace's mentality.

It would have been easy for the Eagles to be distracted by their European adventure, but this side showed they are very much still fighting in the Premier League, too, as they look to maintain momentum and push to finish as high as they can.

No wonder Crystal Palace supporters are daring to dream.

With an eye on May's Europa Conference League final in Germany, they repeatedly chanted: "We're on our way, on our way. To Leipzig, we're on our way."

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