Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson hailed the away support for victory at Doncaster Rovers.

Palace are into the FA Cup quarterfinals thanks to the 2-0 win.

Hodgson said, "We're happy to be through [and] I think our fans deserve great credit today. I thought their support was really quite exceptional. Playing away here with 15,000 people in the stadium the bulk of whom support Doncaster Rovers, for them to be able to match the noise levels like they did for such long periods of time, they deserve a great pat on the back and I think they helped pull us through."

The manager also stated: "The fact is, we're a team that's between the middle and the bottom of the table and the teams that have gone through are sort of the teams around us and the bottom line is that sooner or later, you're going to meet Man City or one of Man United or Chelsea. It's just a question of when that happens because then you're going to have a real tough tie on your hands.

"The important thing I think is to take each game as it comes and what was important for me is that we had a home game against a team in League One and that was a bit of a non-event, Grimsby were fantastic, they put up an incredible fight but they only had 10 men. But then we had Tottenham Hotspur and now Doncaster so it's not been easy. The next one won't be easy either but we're happy to be in the draw.

"Our priority and our focus still remains the same, that we would like to do well in the cup but we would like even more to stay in the Premier League. That always remains the priority."