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Brighton dropped Crystal Palace from the FA Cup
Brighton`s team qualified for the 1/16-final of the FA Cup after removing Crystal Palace after 2:1 home.
The hosts pulled forward with Dale Stevens`s goal in the 25th minute. In the 69th Frenchman Baccarri Sako equalized and gave hope to the guests that they will at least replay.
The result was kept until the end of the match mentioned by fixed matches when Glenn Murray slipped into the winning goal after having touched the ball with a knee after a hitting blow with the head of the German Uwe Hunemayer and realized against his former club. In the next round Brighton will play as a guest with Middlesbrough.
The duel will remain in history as the first on the Island in which the Referee could rely on the VAR system. With Murray`s goal, the footballers of the Palace had doubts about playing by hand and urged Judge Andre Mariner to apply it, but he refused.
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