England international Eberechi Eze has starred at the end of his big week, helping propel Crystal Palace into the semi-finals of the FA Cup with a 3-0 win over Fulham.

Eze scored the opening goal for Palace in their quarter-final at Fulham's Craven Cottage and then created a second for Ismaila Sarr.

Eze's match-winning performance ended a memorable week for the forward, who also scored for England in Monday's World Cup qualifying win over Latvia.

Cutting in from the left, Eze first curled a low shot from outside the box that went in off the post to fire Palace ahead in the 34th minute.

Four minutes later, he provided the cross for Sarr to head in a second, before Eddie Nketiah came off the bench to complete the win for Palace, firing through Fulham goalkeeper Bernd Leno's legs in the 75th minute.

"That's what we expect from him, and that's why we love him," Palace defender Marc Guehi said of Eze.

"I tell him every day he's one of the best, but it's not about saying it, it's about showing it and he's done that."

who became the first team to book their place in the last-four and can now look forward to a semi-final date at Wembley Stadium.

Brighton were hosting Nottingham Forest later on Saturday, while on Sunday, second-division Preston face Aston Villa and Manchester City travel to Bournemouth.

Palace recorded a club-record sixth away win in row.

"It's this group, the character of this group, the attitude of this group, the work rate of this group and this all gives us a belief that we can win every single game," Palace manager Oliver Glasner said.

Palace have never won the Cup and their best run in recent years ended in semi-final defeat to Chelsea in 2022.

The London club have reached the final twice — in 1990 and 2016 — losing on each occasion to Manchester United.

This year could be one of their best chances to finally get their hands on the trophy with so many of English soccer's leading clubs having been eliminated before the quarters.

Another bonus for Palace was the return of Jean-Philippe Mateta, who played for the first time since sustaining a serious head injury that required 25 stitches on a severely lacerated ear.

The forward was hospitalised after being kicked in the head by Millwall goalkeeper Liam Roberts in the last round of Cup earlier this month.

Wearing a protective covering on his ear, the French forward played for 70 minutes before being replaced by Nketiah.

"I think Ebere has had a strange season, he hasn't had many goals in the Premier League and he has been unlucky, but he keeps going, he's also struggled with strange injuries," Glasner said after the match.

"The goal against Latvia and his first for England means a lot for him him. He always has the confidence, we know he's an amazing finisher to cut inside on his right foot with an amazing finish.

"We need this quality, he helped us today massively."