‘Come to daddy’ – Watch Crystal Palace star Mateta’s brilliant facial expression before scoring opener against Arsenal

JAMIE CARRAGHER had a slightly bizarre way of describing Jean-Philippe Mateta’s goal against Arsenal on Monday night.

The Crystal Palace striker opened the scoring on 16 minutes with a clinical close-range header.

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Jean-Philippe Mateta headed Crystal Palace in front after pulling a rather strange face[/caption]

A deep Conor Gallagher free-kick was headed back across goal by Joachim Andersen, with Mateta powering past Aaron Ramsdale.

And while Mateta’s facial expressions before heading home were nothing short of priceless, so was Sky Sports pundit Carragher’s description of the goal.

The 24-year-old striker looked almost disbelieving as the ball came towards him, with the striker widening his eyes and opening his mouth as it travelled his way.

While showing replays of the goal and Mateta’s facial expression, Carragher hilariously blurted out: “Come to daddy!”

Some viewers though were lift cringing at Carraher’s remark.

Taking to social media, one said: “No way has Carra just said come to daddy on live TV.”

Meanwhile another added: “I can’t unhear Carragher shouting come to daddy.”

And a third said: “Why have I just heard @Carra23 scream come to daddy.”

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Jordan Ayew doubled Palace’s lead with less than 25 minutes on the clock, before a Wilfried Zaha penalty 12 minutes from time made the game safe.

It means Arsenal stay fifth in the Premier League table after being leapfrogged by Tottenham on Sunday, with the race for Champions League qualification now well and truly on.

Palace move up to ninth.