Aston Villa 1-2 Crystal Palace: Daichi Kamada fires Eagles into last eight of Carabao Cup to ease the pressure on Oliver Glasner - but visitors lose TWO key players to injury

Daichi Kamada's delightful second-half victor further eased nan unit connected Oliver Glasner and wrecked Aston Villa’s hopes of Carabao Cup glory.

Japan midfielder Kamada did not commencement nan crippled but really he finished, replacing nan injured goalscorer Eberechi Eze earlier striking an exquisite victor successful nan 64th minute.

Villa leader Unai Emery gambled by making 10 changes to nan broadside who drew 1-1 pinch Bournemouth connected Saturday pinch skipper John McGinn nan sole survivor.

Ultimately, it backfired and Villa’s hold for a first trophy since they lifted nan League Cup successful 1996 goes on.

Tyrone Mings and Boubacar Kamara some made their first starts since recovering from ACL injuries – pinch nan erstwhile appearing for nan first clip successful 445 days.

Mings, successful particular, came done nan crippled good but Villa, who fashioned a first-half leveller done Jhon Duran, yet had nary reply to Kamada’s touch of class.

Glasner has travel nether expanding scrutiny pursuing Palace’s dreadful commencement to nan play and made conscionable 3 alterations pursuing Sunday’s triumph complete Tottenham – their first successful nan Premier League this term.

USA goalkeeper Matt Turner was handed a debut and Palace led successful nan eighth infinitesimal erstwhile Daniel Munoz transverse delivered a vulnerable transverse from nan correct flank and Eze headed location powerfully.

The England man was forced disconnected pinch a sound successful nan 18th infinitesimal and Villa upped nan tempo earlier fashioning an equaliser midway done nan first half.

The shot fell invitingly to Duran wrong nan 18-yard container and he erstwhile again displayed his finishing prowess pinch a sweetly-struck left-foot onslaught which Turner sewage a manus to but could not support out.

Palace were past dealt different rustle erstwhile midfielder Adam Wharton was substituted successful clear discomfort arsenic Villa began to move nan screw.

After nan break, Duran deed a powerful effort which Turner repelled earlier firing conscionable wide arsenic nan hr people approached.

But successful nan 64th minute, Kamada seized connected an errant walk from Diego Carlos.

The summertime signing from Lazio collected possession astir 25 yards from extremity and created a abstraction to drill a low, right-foot changeable into nan net.