EZE WIN

CRYSTAL Palace manager Oliver Glasner said his players had given fans a “moment for their life” by beating Manchester City 1-0 to win the first major trophy in the club's history.

Eberechi Eze scored in the first half at Wembley on Saturday and Palace dug deep against Pep Guardiola's manne to get over the line and secure a first full venture into European football.

Glasner says: “We wanted to write history. I think now we wrote really a big chapter in history.”

The Austrian said the players had stuck together after a terrible start to the season, when they won just one of their first 13 league games.

He adds: “I think you can see now what you can get when you are patient as a club and also a big credit to our supporters.

“Because we had a very bad start, three points after eight games. Usually, the fans get impatient, are complaining.

“Our fans always supported us. You could see the effort. Even three or four weeks ago, we conceded 10 goals within four days at City five, at Newcastle five.

“We were 5-0 down after 60 minutes at Newcastle. Our fans were supporting the team. I think this is a special connection.”

Glasner said the joy of the fans, who celebrated loud and long in the Wembley sunshine, was his major takeaway from the final.

The 50-year-old says: “I think the biggest achievement we as football players, football managers, the biggest achievement that we can have, the biggest success that we can have... we could give thousands of our fans, of south Londoners, we could give them a moment for their life.”