Mateta carried off with head injury after 'reckless

Gem Royal residence striker Jean-Philippe Mateta is "cognizant" after being taken to healing center taking after a fiercely rash challenge from Millwall goalkeeper Liam Roberts fair eight minutes into Saturday's FA Container fifth-round clash.

Palace chairman Steve Ward affirmed to the BBC at half-time that Mateta had a cut behind his ear and was at a neighborhood healing center getting advance treatment as he communicated his outrage at the handle, which saw Roberts sent off.

After the coordinate, Royal residence chief Oliver Glasner said that Mateta is "conscious."

"He's cognizant and he's in healing center, but his ear clearly looks awful. [It's a] exceptionally genuine harm, so of course we trust all the best for him and let's see," Glasner said.

Roberts hurried exterior the 18-yard box and jumped to clear a long ball but his tall left-footed follow-through struck Mateta in the side of the face.

Mateta remained on the ground for a few minutes and required long restorative treatment some time recently he was fitted with a neck brace and carried off the field toward an ambulance.

"In all the time I've been observing football I do not think I've ever seen a more awful challenge. If you're kicking somebody in the head at that point you do not know what harm may have been done," Area said. Official Michael Oliver at first did not indeed appear Roberts a yellow card in spite of being as it were a few yards absent from the occurrence but at that point brandished a straight ruddy after being called over by VAR to survey the occurrence on a pitchside monitor.

"They're experts and they have to treat each other like experts and have a obligation of care for your individual experts," Area said.

"That guardian has not had one [obligation of care]. Credit to the players carrying on and it is troublesome for me to think approximately anything else with JP [Mateta] in hospital.

"In all the time I've observed football, somebody said there was one like it in the World Container in 1982.

"Why the arbitrator [Michael Oliver] required to go to the screen I have got no idea."

Mateta is Palace's driving scorer with 12 Head Alliance objectives this season. In spite of his need of capability up front for the leftover portion of the coordinate, Royal residence still earned a 3-1 triumph over the 10-man Millwall side.

"Maybe we are not truly cheerful nowadays. We can't be truly cheerful," Glasner added.

"Of course, it's a awesome win in going into the quarterfinals, but when you lose a player, particularly with a foul like this, you have two distinctive sentiments in your stomach." Roberts was sent off in fair the eighth diminutive after a video partner arbitrator (VAR) survey amid Saturday's FA Container fifth-round tie, having dashed from his line to clear a long ball but kicked the side of Mateta's head.

The French forward, 27, was treated on the pitch and given oxygen some time recently being taken to an rescue vehicle, with substitute Eddie Nketiah coming on and scoring in the 3-1 win for the Head Alliance side.

The Football Affiliation has condemned chants made towards the Mateta from going by fans whereas he was getting treatment on the pitch, but said they do not breach its regulations.

However, the FA will examine homophobic chants pointed towards Ben Chilwell, on credit at Royal residence from Chelsea, from Millwall supporters.

Thirteen minutes were included on at the conclusion of the to begin with half at Selhurst Stop taking after the occurrence, with Royal residence 2-0 up after an claim objective by Japhet Tanganga and a Daniel Munoz strike.

Palace chairman Steve Area told BBC One at half-time: "So distant, what we know is he (Mateta) has a awful slice behind his ear. He's clearly at the hospital.

"In all the time I've observed football, I've not seen a challenge like it. That is the most rash challenge on a football pitch I think I've ever seen, and I think he (Roberts) needs to have a long, difficult see at himself since he's imperiling a individual proficient and perhaps his life.