September 23 2015

Dwight Gayle

Dwight Gayle scored a hat-trick as Crystal Palace beat Charlton 4-1 in the Capital One Cup third round.

Gayle netted two of his goals from the spot and the Eagles were comfortable victors against their South London rivals.

They controlled the tie from the start with Wilfried Zaha looking lively early on, heading Chung-Yong Lee's cross over and putting Campbell's feed wide of the goal.

Palace were dealt a blow after Damien Delaney was forced off with a minor groin injury on 34 minutes with Brede Hangeland replacing him in defence.

Campbell and Gayle threatened the Addicks net but Palace failed to make their superiority count as the half finished goalless.

Five minutes after the break, Campbell should have put the hosts in front but somehow headed Zaha's cross off target from five yards.

But on 51 minutes, the striker gave Palace the breakthrough when he turned his MARKer and fired low into the corner.

Gayle grabbed his first of the night with a penalty just before the hour MARK after Charlton's Alou Diarra brought Campbell down in the box.

Charlton halved the deficit through Mouhamadou-Naby Sarr who headed in Johann Berg Gudmundsson's corner on 65 minutes.

The Eagles stretched their lead in the 74th minute with another spot kick as Diarra committed a professional foul on Gayle and was shown a red card before Gayle netted again.

Gayle secured his hat-trick by nodding home Chung-yong Lee's corner five minutes from time for 4-1. Sub Yohan Cabaye almost got a fifth goal for the Eagles but his strike smacked against the crossbar.

Palace: Hennessey, Kelly, Mariappa, Delaney (Hangeland 34), Souare, Zaha, McArthur (Cabaye 74), Ledley, Lee, Gayle, Campbell (Bamford 60).

Not used: Speroni, Bolasie, Sako, Puncheon.

Charlton: Pope, Solly, Diarra, Sarr, Fox, KENNEDY (Gudmundsson 59), Cousins (Kashi 65), Ba, Bergdich, McAleny (Watt 72), Ahearne-Grant.

Not used: Mitov, Bauer, Lennon, Holmes-Dennis.

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Palace no.2 Keith Millen said: "It’s nice to have your forwards scoring. Dwight and Fraizer looked sharp all night. They both looked dangerous so that will give everyone a confidence boost and it’s nice to have some competition for the weekend.

"It was a performance that we wanted from the whole team, we had players who needed game time. We want to go as far as we can, we are in the last 16 and it’s been a while since we had a cup run."

Charlton boss Guy Luzon said: "We organised well in the first half, especially with a young team. But the first penalty was harsh and then after the second, at 3-1 with 10 players, it’s finished.

"I don’t know about the sending-off, I was too far away from the situation. We have a lot of injuries and in our situation we had to use some young players. I wanted to pick my strongest team but I didn’t have any choice."

Gayle pen number two - 3-1 #cpfc https://t.co/r8r2uc4Z0f

— Holmesdale Online (@Holmesdale) September 23, 2015

4-1 @dwightgayle #hatrick #cpfc pic.twitter.com/pE7DZtiyL1

— GemSwagsta (@GSwagsta) September 23, 2015

Great result for us tonight! Was in control all night and got the result we deserved! Buzzin for @dwightgayle well done mate

— Martin Kelly (@MartinKelly1990) September 23, 2015