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2011: Ambrose stuns United

Gary Neville described it as the best goal ever scored at Old Trafford, and for Crystal Palace, it may go down as one of the best in club history.

As the Eagles faced Manchester United in the quarter-finals of the then-Carling Cup, Darren Ambrose took to the turf as a half-time substitute looking to liven up an uneventful evening.

Twenty minutes after coming on, the midfielder displayed his most striking attribute on live TV when, collecting the ball from Wilfried Zaha not far from the centre circle, he roamed forward and, having glanced up, drove home one of the finest efforts ever seen from a Palace player.