I would have loved all of my players to play 95 minutes but unfortunately we decided, in order to protect as many players as we can, that we would replace them with players who also deserved a chance to play.
Defeat at Goodison Park also means Palace have been eliminated at the third-round stage of the FA Cup in four of the past five seasons, with the exception coming in 2021-22 when they reached the semi-finals.
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