The summer signing picked up injury in pre-season but came through the under-23s’ win over West Ham United on Monday night at the King Power Stadium.
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The Ivory Coast international, who has been Palace’s Player of the Year for the last two seasons and signed a new five-year deal in May, left Selhurst Park with his knee in a brace.
The fixtures for the upcoming campaign were announced on Wednesday
For the first time in second-tier history, the 90 minutes ended goalless and penalties were required to separate the two sides following a cagey affair
Middlesbrough lie in wait for City in the quarter-finals, with that fixture scheduled to take place on March 11
Former Chesterfield winger, Sam Clucas, opened the scoring after 38 minutes when his first effort from an Ahmed Elmohamady cross came back off Huddersfield keeper, Alex Smithies, and he netted the rebound
Goals from Nahki Wells, James Vaughan and Joel Lynch helped to thwart Watford’s promotion hopes this season but they hadn’t accounted for substitute Ighalo, though, as he came on to bang in a goal from a tight angle with what was to be one of his first touches of the match