WILFRIED ZAHA was Crystal Palace’s home hero again as he rescued a precious point for Roy Hodgson.
The Eagles forward scored the winner against Chelsea at Selhurst Park a fortnight ago.
The Eagles forward scored the winner against Chelsea at Selhurst Park a fortnight ago.
And Zaha clinched a leveller in the SEVENTH minute of injury-time against West Ham.
The Hammers looked like they were about to collect their first away Premier League win of the season after first-half goals from Yohan Cabaye and Andre Ayew.
But Luka Milivojevic brought the Eagles back into it with a penalty after the break.
And despite Joe Hart’s incredible efforts in West Ham’s goal, Zaha pounced with the final kick of the game. Palace stay bottom but Hodgson will be delighted with the character shown to bounce back from the brink.
The Hammers looked like they were about to collect their first away Premier League win of the season after first-half goals from Yohan Cabaye and Andre Ayew.
But Luka Milivojevic brought the Eagles back into it with a penalty after the break.
And despite Joe Hart’s incredible efforts in West Ham’s goal, Zaha pounced with the final kick of the game. Palace stay bottom but Hodgson will be delighted with the character shown to bounce back from the brink.
While Hammers boss Bilic remains under pressure after Zaha’s heartbreaking late goal.
Zaha was in the thick of the action right from the start.
He thought he should have had a penalty when Jose Fonte dangled a leg out in the box, and the Palace forward went looking for contact and succeeding in finding enough to go down. But referee Bobby Madley had no hesitation in ignoring Zaha’s appeal. And the visitors broke straight to the other end, with Ayew finding Aaron Cresswell down the left, who centred for Hernandez to fire past the wrong-footed Julian Speroni with the outside of his boot. Chicharito marked his fourth goal of the season with a Hammers crossed-arm celebration. But the visitors were then indebted to Joe Hart for keeping their lead intact, as the on-loan stopper produced an incredible double save. Hart first reacted sharply to get a big right paw on James Tomkins’ powerful header. Then, after Jose Fonte sliced his attempted clearance from the rebound, Hart got back to his feet in the nick of time to somehow get his left arm in the way of Jeffrey Schlupp’s effort. The England No1 barely knew anything about it, as Schlupp sat grounded looking at Hart in disbelief. While on the sidelines, Hodgson must have been cursing his luck. Because the last time he will have come across Hart was when England lost to Iceland last summer. And the keeper let Kolbeinn Sigthorsson’s shot through his hand, costing the Three Lions their place in Euro 2016 and Hodgson his job. Hodgson, though, will have been equally angry with his own man, Luka Milivojevic, two minutes before the break. Under pressure from Fernandes, the Serbian knocked the ball straight to Ayew on halfway. And the Hammers ace raced forward, before twisting Scott Dann inside out, then smashing in a rocket past the helpless Speroni. But the Eagles found a way back into the game five minutes after half-time.
Andros Townsend needed no second invitation to go down under Angelo Ogbonna’s clumsy tackle.
And after Madley this time pointed to the spot, Milivojevic sent Hart the wrong way with his penalty.
Soon after, Yohan Cabaye crashed against the post from the edge of the box.
In the closing stages, Zaha, who scored the winner last time here against Chelsea, forced Hart into a super save from the left.
Hart then produced more late magic when he kept out Cabaye's free-kick and tipped a Tomkins header on to the bar.
But Zaha had the final say, twisting and turning away from Angelo Ogbonna before guiding a low shot into Hart’s bottom right corner.
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Zaha was in the thick of the action right from the start.
He thought he should have had a penalty when Jose Fonte dangled a leg out in the box, and the Palace forward went looking for contact and succeeding in finding enough to go down. But referee Bobby Madley had no hesitation in ignoring Zaha’s appeal. And the visitors broke straight to the other end, with Ayew finding Aaron Cresswell down the left, who centred for Hernandez to fire past the wrong-footed Julian Speroni with the outside of his boot. Chicharito marked his fourth goal of the season with a Hammers crossed-arm celebration. But the visitors were then indebted to Joe Hart for keeping their lead intact, as the on-loan stopper produced an incredible double save. Hart first reacted sharply to get a big right paw on James Tomkins’ powerful header. Then, after Jose Fonte sliced his attempted clearance from the rebound, Hart got back to his feet in the nick of time to somehow get his left arm in the way of Jeffrey Schlupp’s effort. The England No1 barely knew anything about it, as Schlupp sat grounded looking at Hart in disbelief. While on the sidelines, Hodgson must have been cursing his luck. Because the last time he will have come across Hart was when England lost to Iceland last summer. And the keeper let Kolbeinn Sigthorsson’s shot through his hand, costing the Three Lions their place in Euro 2016 and Hodgson his job. Hodgson, though, will have been equally angry with his own man, Luka Milivojevic, two minutes before the break. Under pressure from Fernandes, the Serbian knocked the ball straight to Ayew on halfway. And the Hammers ace raced forward, before twisting Scott Dann inside out, then smashing in a rocket past the helpless Speroni. But the Eagles found a way back into the game five minutes after half-time.
Andros Townsend needed no second invitation to go down under Angelo Ogbonna’s clumsy tackle.
And after Madley this time pointed to the spot, Milivojevic sent Hart the wrong way with his penalty.
Soon after, Yohan Cabaye crashed against the post from the edge of the box.
In the closing stages, Zaha, who scored the winner last time here against Chelsea, forced Hart into a super save from the left.
Hart then produced more late magic when he kept out Cabaye's free-kick and tipped a Tomkins header on to the bar.
But Zaha had the final say, twisting and turning away from Angelo Ogbonna before guiding a low shot into Hart’s bottom right corner.
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