Just a few short days after achieving a brilliant result against all the odds, by beating Manchester United at Old Trafford, Crystal Palace, took on Colchester United of League 2 last night at Selhurst Park, in the Carabao Cup 3rd Round.

On paper, it looked like an easy task, Premier League high fliers, taking on the minnows of league 2… What could go wrong?

Palace made a raft of changes to their team, 10 in total, but it was still an experienced side that took on Colchester, with Martin Kelly being the only player to keep his place, from the side that beat Man Utd

However Colchester, had other ideas and were far from overawed by Crystal Palaces attacking options, which saw the game finish 0~0 before Colchester went through to the next round winning 5~4 on Penalties

On the night it was a surprise result and for those with longer memories, it would have revived the day back in 1971, when Colchester, also beat the equivalent of premiership opposition in those days, Leeds United, but this time in the FA Cup.

So it is Colchester who progress through to the next round of the EFL cup.

Palace boss Roy Hodgson, was disappointed to exit the competition, saying that he had picked a team, which had players requiring game time, who although maybe not regular first team players, were certainly strong enough to be able to beat Colchester, which as we now know didn’t happen.