By Alessandro Schiavone in Strasbourg Ben Chilwell admitted that he's still not where he'd like to be as he eyes a place in Thomas Tuchel's World Cup squad with England. Chilwell, who sealed a permanent move to Ligue 1 in the summer, helped Strasbourg overcome ex-club Crystal Palace in the Conference League last night. He told Capital Football: "For me what's nice and what's good here is that I am getting consistent performances where I can keep on building the level. "The m

Scene before kick-off in Strasbourg: Picture by Pennie Turrell UEFA Conference League Strasbourg 2-1 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace suffered the frustration of relinquishing a first-half lead and hitting the woodwork twice to no avail as their hopes of automatic qualification for the knockout stages of the Conference League took a blow last night in France. And yet, the one time the hosts hit the woodwork, they scored from the rebound. It was that kind of night for Palace who

By Alessandro Schiavone at Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg Conference League Matchday 4 Strasbourg 2-1 Crystal Palace Goals : Mitchell 35' (CP), Emegha 53' (S), El Mourabet 77' (S) Crystal Palace snatched defeat from the jaws of victory as Emanuel Emegha and Samir El Mourabet rendered Tyrick Mitchell's maiden European goal useless in a 2-1 defeat. The clash, between two of the competition's top dogs, was labelled by many as an 'anticipated final' given the talent at both sides

Remembrance Day rendezvous : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Crystal Palace 0 Brighton 0 It started as if we might be heading for goal fest and ended with the feeling we might never see a goal again for the rest of our lives. Draws between these two have become common currency in recent years and after the initial thrill of full-on attacks from both sides had subsided, a familiar cautionary holding pattern took hold. The second half had very little going for it. With five

Best feet forward : Picture by @YTJourno UEFA Conference League MD 3 Crystal Palace (2) 3 Lacroix 22, Sarr 45+4, 57 AZ Alkmaar (0) 1 Mijnans 54 Palace reasserted their grip on proceedings in the Conference League with a dominant win over Dutch side AZ to make it two wins from three games in the competition - leaving them in a good position to go on and claim a top eight place which would see them fast-track into the knockouts. They could afford to miss a first-half penalty a

Happy day at the Cottage for Fulham fans : Picture @CapitalFootball Fulham fans will be breathing massive sighs of relief after seeing their side secure a crucial 3-0 win to end a run of defeats that was dragging them down into the Premier League danger zone. They badly needed a change of narrative after successive losses to Aston Villa, Bournemouth, Arsenal and Newcastle in the Premier League and nothing but three points against a winless Wolves would have done at Craven Co

Cup favourites : Chelsea have a great chance of another League Cup semi-final There is only one club outside the Premier League left in this year's Carabao Cup and Chelsea have drawn them. The Blues will head to the Cardiff City Stadium in December to take on the Welshmen, who defeated Wrexham in this week's Fourth Round, while Enzo Maresca's men were edging a nervy tie at Wolves 4-3. There are five sides from the capital among the last eight, but only one of them has been dr

Arsenal (1) 1 v Crystal Palace (0) 0 Eze 39 By Kaz Mochlinski at the Arsenal Stadium Premier League Matchweek 9 Arsenal tantalisingly increased their lead at the top of the Premier League as Eberechi Eze conjured a super strike to score the only goal of the game and overcome his former club Crystal Palace. It produced another “one-nil to the Arsenal”, with another goal resulting from a set-piece, combined with another clean sheet. This time with the addition of the notorious

Conference call at Selhurst : Picture by @YTJourno UEFA Conference League - League Stage Crystal Palace (0) 0 AEK Larnaka (0) 1 Bajic 51 It was a night when we could have done with Cypriot weather and the avalanche of goals which characterised this week's round of Champions League fixtures. What we got was a chilly Storm Benjamin and a night of unremitting frustration for the Eagles in front of goal. They had plenty of ball and territory to work with but found the final part

Exclusive Interview by Alessandro Schiavone with Adam Wharton after Crystal Palace's 2-1 defeat at Everton at the Hill Dickinson Stadium...