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Darren Ambrose: Scored a stunning strike from long range to open scoring
Darren Ambrose hailed Crystal Palace's team spirit after they caused upset at Old Trafford to knock Manchester United out of the Carling Cup.
The Eagles secured a shock 2-1 win over the reigning Premier League champions after extra-time to progress to the semi-finals of the tournament, where they will face Championship rivals Cardiff.Ambrose was instrumental to the victory, scoring a long-range screamer to open the scoring before setting up Glenn Murray for the winner in extra-time after Federico Macheda had equalised from the spot.UpsetThe midfielder, who replaced Dean Moxey from the bench at half-time, hailed the travelling Palace fans and put the upset down to the camaraderie in the squad."We've got a great team spirit," he told Sky Sports. "We can beat anyone and we've shown that tonight."It's a great occasion, coming here against the champions."We were confident. We've had a quiet period in the season but we've come into it confident and the spirit in the camp has been fantastic."You can hear the fans out there now, it's a massive occasion for them and we're all delighted."Despite his delight at the result, Ambrose insists Palace will go back to concentrating on the Championship, with a home clash with Derby looming on Friday night.He added: "We've got another big game on Friday against Derby and we'll just take every game as they come."It will be a massive occasion in the semi-final and we'll look forward to that but the league comes first now."DreamSubstitute Murray, who applied the finish to Ambrose's superb free-kick to seal the victory, admits his achievement fulfilled a boyhood dream."(It was) just a great cross from Darren. I lost my marker and it was one I caught and next thing it's in the back of the net. Great feeling," he said."It's what every boy's dream is, to come to places like this and score goals like that."Read more http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/7343901/
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