McCarthy began by praising Fionn Mooney, a promising young midfielder who took the place of Brandon Aveiro in the 83rd minute yesterday. McCarthy said: "Fionn Mooney has been in and around, he's played a lot of Under-18s football and he's shown immense quality this year. He came on in the last Youth Cup game [v Reading] and he's proven to be a real hit this year with the Under-18s. He's a good kid, he works his socks off and he's got a strong mentality and a good belief in himself."
The Palace manager continued, naming two more prospects for confident displays: "There were a couple of good individual performances. John-Kymani [Gordon] came on and was very effective. He's a strong boy who I feel has made massive progress this year. He's really starting to look the part as a centre-forward. I just think that those two and one or two more [stood out]. The goalkeeper, Jacob Russell, kept us in it in the first-half and made some fantastic saves."
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