Overview
- Paul Dawson’s header on 43 minutes and Isaac Buckley-Ricketts’ improvised finish around the hour put Macclesfield 2-0 up before Yeremy Pino’s 90th-minute free kick for Palace set up a tense finish.
- Scenes at Moss Rose included a full-time pitch invasion as Macclesfield advanced to the fourth-round draw scheduled for Monday.
- Oliver Glasner said Palace “lacked any kind of quality,” with the defeat extending their winless run to nine matches in all competitions and again exposing set-piece frailties.
- Palace rotated but still started internationals Marc Guéhi and Adam Wharton, introduced Tyrick Mitchell, Will Hughes and Brennan Johnson at halftime, and had a Christantus Uche goal ruled out for offside.
- Macclesfield, reformed in 2020, earned a landmark victory on a day framed by recent tributes to 21-year-old forward Ethan McLeod.