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Crystal Palace will send their full observations from last Thursday’s pitch invasions at Goodison Park to the Football Association in the coming days, football.london understands. Palace’s players and staff were left facing thousands of invading Everton fans as stewards and police failed to stop supporters from getting on the pitch on two separate occasions during the Toffees’ 3-2 victory on Merseyside. Fans first came onto the pitch following Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s goal to put Everton ahead in the 85th minute, with the game having to be paused while officials tried to remove spectators from the turf. The FA have asked Palace to provide observations of the incidents which the club have accepted, with the Eagles providing extensive comments that will be forwarded to the governing body of English football over the coming days. Speaking about the confrontation at Goodison Park after his side’s 1-0 victory over Manchester United on Sunday,
Patrick Vieira said: “I think the Everton incident is bigger than just that incident. When you look at it in the Premier League, there were a lot of field invasions that can cause trouble. There are real issues here to reflect on and try to see what is the best way to manage it and to deal with it. You don’t know what can happen. When you don’t know what can happen of course you fear for anything, for the players. We want to be safe and the best way to do that is we need to reflect on what is the best way for those kinds of things not to happen on the field. As a coach, manager, player or staff we want to be safe in our workplace. I think there is a big issue on the FA and Premier League’s plate to deal with. They need the support and the club and the players to get involved. Everybody has to take responsibility and see what is the best way for those things not to happen.”
