Worries for Roy Keane, Rashford makes case, Cesc freeze - our writers chew on the weekend's talking points.

Jesse Lingard struck a stunning extra-time winner as 10-man Manchester United came from behind to beat Crystal Palace 2-1 in the FA Cup final.

Liverpool's 10 men secured a win at Crystal Palace with a late penalty from Christian Benteke after goalkeeper Alex McCarthy gifted Roberto Firmino an equalising goal with a horror slip in the second half.

Tottenham 0 Crystal Palace 1: Just like that, Tottenham’s hopes of winning three trophies this season died quicker than you could say ‘treble’.

They went seven points clear of the relegation zone after Marc Pugh and Benik Afobe goals.

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Manchester City 4 Crystal Palace 0: Pablo Zabaleta hopes there is plenty more to come from Sergio Aguero after his fellow Argentinian’s double in Manchester City’s defeat of Palace.

Remi Garde says Aston Villa’s squad needs major surgery and revealed he is already losing out on players.

Premier League round-up

Everton 1 Crystal Palace 1: Romelu Lukaku’s 50th goal in Everton blue rescued a point for Roberto Martinez’s side as both clubs continued their chase for European football in this most unpredictable of Premier League seasons.

Everton manager Roberto Martinez is not content with receiving plaudits for the style of his football and will continue to strive for perfection ahead of Crystal Palace’s visit tonight (8pm, live on Sky Sports 1).

Jermain Defoe picked Scott Dann’s pocket for a poacher’s finish to seal Sunderland’s 1-0 Premier League victory at Crystal Palace.

Crystal Palace 0 Manchester United 0<br>While Louis Van Gaal continues to wrestle with the problem of how to get his Manchester United side scoring again, Alan Pardew offered a revealing perspective on the options available to the Dutchman.

Louis van Gaal is unconcerned by Paul Scholes’ criticism of Manchester United for “lacking creativity”, citing the nursery rhyme: “Sticks and stones can break my bones but names can never hurt me.”

Crystal Palace 1  Arsenal 2:

First there was the Great Escape, then last season an almost equally implausible sequel.

Alan Pardew has never been slow to offer reminders when he has done something well, and considering Crystal Palace’s transformation from relegation-threatened to top half of the table this year, backed up by the most impressive transfer dealings of any side outside of the top six excepting Stoke, that knowing grin has widened.

Arsenal 0 Sunderland 0: Arsenal needed a point to all but confirm third place in the Premier League; Sunderland needed a point to escape relegation; three of the last six games between the teams at the Emirates had ended goalless. Can you guess what the score was yet?

Sunderland 0 Leicester 0: Leicester players are backing both Nigel Pearsons for manager of the year awards after the Foxes completed perhaps the greatest of all escapes. That’s one for the man we see in public, and another for the real Pearson.

Sunderland striker Danny Graham’s first goal for the club may have been a fluke but its significance could not be under-estimated as the Black Cats took another step towards Premier League survival.

Leicester and Hull were the significant winners in the Barclays Premier League relegation battle, with respective wins at Burnley and Crystal Palace.

Christian Benteke scored his eighth goal in six games to hand Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood a winning return to Tottenham.

Head coach John Carver admitted he was "embarrassed" by Newcastle's capitulation at Sunderland after seeing his side slip to a fifth successive derby defeat.

West Ham striker Diafra Sakho scored a late winner to inflict defeat on new Sunderland head coach Dick Advocaat in his first match in charge and finally bring some cheer back to Upton Park.

Premier League

Sunderland 0 QPR 2

Team news for tonight's Premier League games .

Sunderland 2 Burnley 0: Sunderland striker Connor Wickham insists another fight for Barclays Premier League survival has never crossed his mind.

Robin van Persie and Radamel Falcao were on target as Manchester United despatched Leicester 3-1 in their Barclays Premier League clash at Old Trafford.

Wilfried Bony is targeting Champions League glory with Manchester City after completing his move from Swansea yesterday.

Sunderland 0 Liverpool 1: Where’s Niall Quinn when you need him?

Aston Villa held Sunderland to a 0-0 draw despite going down to 10 men for the third time in four games.

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of the full round of matches on St Stephen’s Day in the Premier League.

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