The south Londoners looked confident throughout the game and caused the visiting League Two side trouble at the back.
Ben Killip in the Hartlepool enjoyed a very impressive performance to deny the home side, while at the other end Jack Butland didn’t put a glove wrong.
Whether you couldn’t make it or simply want to relive the afternoon, find everything you might have missed from Palace v Hartlepool below.
DID YOU NOTICE?
Shortly before Palace’s second goal the visitors strung together a lengthy run of passes, and their supporters jokingly cheered each. When the ball returned to Palace, barely 20 minutes into the first-half, the hosts returned the cheers with tongues-in-cheeks.
Before the match brought fantastic news as the Hartlepool manager, Graeme Lee, and his wife Gemma saw their £60,000 target met in an appeal to raise funds towards Gemma’s life-threatening cancer treatment. Palace and Hartlepool fans united to support the fundraising. You can donate towards it here.
BEST SOCIAL REACTIONS
This game brought a range of positive reactions from across the fanbases.
Good luck to Hartlepool for the rest of the season. Fans and players did you proud! pic.twitter.com/wOm9hTDhnd
&mdash>; The Palace Addiction (@PalaceAddict) February> 5, 2022
Credit to Hartlepool today, solid performance! 👏 https://t.co/mFfk8Xqoca
&mdash>; Back of the Nest (@BackOfTheNest) February> 5, 2022
FT: Pools bow out of the FA Cup after a battling performance against Premier League Crystal Palace.
All the best for the rest of the season, @CPFC!
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&mdash>; Hartlepool United FC (@Official_HUFC) February> 5, 2022
POST-MATCH REACTION
In his post-match media rounds, Patrick Vieira said: “It is a really special football club so to be part of the Palace family is something that makes me even prouder.”
Palace TV then caught up with debutant Tayo Adaramola…
