Crystal Palace 1-0 Huddersfield Town

Pape Souare returns for Crystal Palace — Souare's last appearance for Crystal Palace was in August 2016 in a 1-1 draw with Bournemouth

Manager Roy Hodgson said there would be no quick fix at Crystal Palace, after his side beat Huddersfield Town 1-0 in the third round of the Carabao Cup.

Bakary Sako headed the only goal to give Hodgson the first win of his tenure, in his second match in charge.

However, Palace remain without a win or a goal from five Premier League games.

"The players will understand, like the fans do, that you don't repair the kind of damage we've suffered overnight," said former England manager Hodgson.

"It's going to be a longish and hard process. But I know there's light at the end of the tunnel, and I started to see some shards of that."

Palace were on the back foot for a lot of the second half but held firm thanks largely to centre-back Mamadou Sakho, making his first start since joining the club on a permanent basis.

The victory signifies progression from the Eagles, who were beaten 3-0 by the same opponents on the opening day of the season.

"The week's work has really pleased me," said Hodgson. "I'm pleased with the win, pleased with the first-half performance after only a week's work.

"The second half I was pleased when the going got tougher; we had to dig in, fight, chase and we did that too. It was a very positive evening. We left a lot of players out who have been playing."

Palace lost their first game under Hodgson 1-0 to Southampton. They travel to both Manchester clubs next, before playing Chelsea at home.

Return to action after car crash 'a bit strange' - Souare

Defender Pape Souare came on as a substitute against Huddersfield to make his first appearance for the Eagles since breaking his thighbone and jaw in a horrific car crash last September.

"He made two very important challenges," said Hodgson. "Once again, I'm delighted with him.

"We've got to be cautious and patient with him. You don't have a year out of football with the injuries he's had to recover from, he's done ever so well to get on that field at all.

"We just have to keep training him, getting him some more games, so he comes back to the player he was before the horrific accident."

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Line-ups

Crystal Palace

Formation 4-2-3-1

1Speroni
34Kelly
5TomkinsBooked at 36mins
12SakhoBooked at 69minsSubstituted forDelaneyat 70'minutes
3van Aanholt
4MilivojevicBooked at 60mins
44RiedewaldSubstituted forCabayeat 80'minutes
10Townsend
14Lee
15SchluppSubstituted forSouaréat 45'minutes
26Sako

Substitutes

2Ward
7Cabaye
13Hennessey
17Benteke
22Mutch
23Souaré
27Delaney

Huddersfield

Formation 4-2-3-1

13Coleman
33Hadergjonaj
44Hefele
14Cranie
3Malone
6HoggSubstituted forWhiteheadat 71'minutes
8Billing
22InceSubstituted forMooyat 70'minutes
18LolleySubstituted forSabiriat 45'minutes
17van La Parra
9Kachunga

Substitutes

1Lössl
2Smith
4Whitehead
10Mooy
11Sabiri
15Löwe
25M Jorgensen

Referee:: Lee Probert
Attendance:: 6,607

Match Stats

Home TeamCrystal PalaceAway TeamHuddersfield

Possession: Home41%; Away59%

Shots: Home9; Away13

Shots on Target: Home6; Away5

Corners: Home3; Away4

Fouls: Home10; Away9

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Match ends, Crystal Palace 1, Huddersfield Town 0.
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Second Half ends, Crystal Palace 1, Huddersfield Town 0.

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Attempt saved. Abdelhamid Sabiri (Huddersfield Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aaron Mooy with a cross.
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Elias Kachunga (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Lee Chung-yong (Crystal Palace).
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Attempt saved. Yohan Cabaye (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Patrick van Aanholt.
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Foul by Abdelhamid Sabiri (Huddersfield Town).
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Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Martin Cranie (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Bakary Sako (Crystal Palace).
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Foul by Florent Hadergjonaj (Huddersfield Town).
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Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Philip Billing.
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Foul by Elias Kachunga (Huddersfield Town).
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Pape Souaré (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Attempt missed. Bakary Sako (Crystal Palace) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by James Tomkins with a headed pass following a corner.
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Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Martin Cranie.
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Attempt blocked. Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luka Milivojevic.
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Substitution
Substitution, Crystal Palace. Yohan Cabaye replaces Jairo Riedewald.
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Rajiv van La Parra (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.

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Comment posted by Knighton Palace, at 21:58 19 Sep 2017
I will take that, a win and a clean sheet, it is a start at least !!
Comment posted by disgustedofwells, at 22:03 19 Sep 2017
Hodgson for England...no wait a minute
Comment posted by The Old Trafford Career Derailment Scheme, at 22:12 19 Sep 2017
Well done Roy, a win in the Spaghetti Carbonara Cup
Comment posted by Landlova, at 22:06 19 Sep 2017
Delighted for Sako, great player and have a rough time at CP.
Comment posted by ChrisA, at 09:55 20 Sep 2017
Whether you think Hodgson is a decent manager or a good appointment for Palace is one thing but the constant comments about his speech impediment are sad and pathetic. Just shows how many immature football fans there are out there!
Comment posted by Martarslipstick, at 22:22 19 Sep 2017
How brilliant is Roy Hodgson?
Comment posted by firminos teeth, at 22:18 19 Sep 2017
Good win for Palace and Roy but geez they have 3 very tough games coming up, which will probably be 8 games with no points.

With or without Roy its going to be a very tough season for Palace.

Are there 3 other teams worse than Palace this season because thats the only way they are going to stay up.
Comment posted by totaliodelpisheri, at 22:09 19 Sep 2017
Attendance is laughable .. but who cares Roy's off .. a win is a win..
Comment posted by exxyeddie, at 10:51 20 Sep 2017
Only read the first 10 comments and 2 mocking Roy Hodgson's speech impediment. Please BBC delete any comments like this - it's as bad as sexism, racism etc. I have a speech impediment and I am offended
Comment posted by JDW, at 13:15 20 Sep 2017
Huddersfield did well to get knocked out. The carrier bag cup would be an unwanted distraction from our main goal this season. Europe.
Comment posted by 61653, at 11:49 20 Sep 2017
There were apparently TWO top-flight teams involved in this game, but you'd barely know it from reading the report. Disappointed, BBC.
Comment posted by Bobby Shine-box, at 09:36 20 Sep 2017
Nothing against Palace but can't see Hodgson making a great deal of difference. Beating Huddersfield Town reserves (only three first choice players in the side) is not much of a measure of progress. If his team do quite well against the Manchester clubs and Chelsea then we will have a better idea.
Comment posted by 61653, at 13:01 20 Sep 2017
Further to my point. Huddersfield mentioned 2 times in the report. A game where Town had more possession, more shots, more corners and committed fewer fouls. By all means do a piece on Hodgson or Souare, but a match report should be a match report. This article isn't one of those...
Comment posted by Wylde Greeny, at 10:04 20 Sep 2017
If you'd have offered me three points at Selhurst Park in the league but to lose in the league cup before the season started I would've taken it.
Comment posted by potato, at 06:41 20 Sep 2017
EFL Cup is just a training session for most premier clubs. Man City next, Roy.
Comment posted by Quisza, at 10:43 20 Sep 2017
6,607. Some clubs do cheap tickets to boost crowd/ help supporters. Come on Steve Parrish. You even have supporters clubs raising money to help the women's team whilst you are banking big bucks. Help the fans. Plenty are there just for the Prem dross. They won't be there once it ends. Away tickets are £30 or less 'cos atmosphere is often dreadful at many grounds. Greed will WIN.
Comment posted by Tis Me, at 23:06 19 Sep 2017
@17 Metalzimmerman is that the highest level of your humour? Oh dear, poor you.
Comment posted by Knighton Palace, at 22:06 19 Sep 2017
@2

Just shows what a big club Palace are, cannot think of another club to have a couple of top England managers at the helm !
Comment posted by Garfield, at 12:39 20 Sep 2017
Palace have always struggled to score goals. The best thing about last night's result was that they kept a clean sheet for the first time this season. If they can keep that up, they will have something to build on.
Comment posted by robert dearnley, at 10:36 20 Sep 2017
Don't think it will make much difference to Roy beating Huddersfields 3rd team doesn't mean they will beat the drop.