What they said after Crystal Palace win the FA Cup

Key quotes after Crystal Palace beat Manchester City 1-0 to win the FA Cup on Saturday:

"It's special. I don't know what to say,"

-- Match-winner Eberechi Eze was lost for words after delivering Palace's first ever major trophy

"We created a lot, missed penalties and many things but if you don't score a goal you cannot win."

-- City boss Pep Guardiola will end the season without a major trophy for just the second time in his managerial career

"Today is enjoy the moment, enjoy this great win, having a great party, we plan to train tomorrow morning, but this is already cancelled. The players also want to cancel Monday's training, but we play on Tuesday!"

-- Palace manager Oliver Glasner on the plans for a celebratory party

"When Marmoush stepped up I knew which way he would go and knew I'd save it."

-- Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson on his first-half penalty save from Omar Marmoush

"Just get rid of VAR. They have made a mistake and now they are trying to cover up. It is a red card and everyone can see it's a red card."

-- Former Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney on the decision not to send off Henderson for a handball outside the box

"How this is not denying a goalscoring opportunity? It's absolutely pathetic. It's crazy, he's going to tap that past him and then he's just going to tap that into the goal."

-- Even ex-Palace forward Ian Wright agreed his old club were lucky to escape when Henderson palmed the ball away from Erling Haaland outside the area

"It doesn't matter. Who cares."

-- Henderson did not want to dwell on that controversial moment

"I honestly believed that we would win and that's what Oliver's done, he said: 'I'm fed up of finishing second, let's do something'. He made us all believe, so we came here with a different mentality."

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