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Crystal Palace came from behind to seal a 2-1 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers at Selhurst Park.
Adama Traore broke the deadlock on 31 minutes as the hosts struggled to create clear-cut chances in the first half.
But Eberechi Eze shifted the momentum two minutes after the restart when he nodded in Michael Olise’s cross.
Wilfried Zaha handed Palace the win, firing past Jose Sa to seal all three points and his side’s second consecutive home victory.
The hosts came close to opening the scoring on four minutes when Cheick Doucoure’s effort from 25 yards pinged off the right post.
Diego Costa drove into the area but could not beat Palace keeper Vicente Guaita, who dove to parry away any danger of the visitors taking an early lead.
Olise, who set up the first goal in Palace’s last victory at Selhurst Park, curled in a corner where Marc Guehi rose to meet it but nodded off target.
Palace saw more of the ball in the opening exchanges but struggled to find the finishing touch, turning it over in the final third and equalling their opponents on just one shot on target apiece by the 25-minute mark.
Wilfried Zaha scores as Crystal Palace fight back to beat Wolves
Crystal Palace came from behind to seal a 2-1 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers at Selhurst Park.
Adama Traore broke the deadlock on 31 minutes as the hosts struggled to create clear-cut chances in the first half.
But Eberechi Eze shifted the momentum two minutes after the restart when he nodded in Michael Olise’s cross.
Wilfried Zaha handed Palace the win, firing past Jose Sa to seal all three points and his side’s second consecutive home victory.
The hosts came close to opening the scoring on four minutes when Cheick Doucoure’s effort from 25 yards pinged off the right post.
Diego Costa drove into the area but could not beat Palace keeper Vicente Guaita, who dove to parry away any danger of the visitors taking an early lead.
Olise, who set up the first goal in Palace’s last victory at Selhurst Park, curled in a corner where Marc Guehi rose to meet it but nodded off target.
Palace saw more of the ball in the opening exchanges but struggled to find the finishing touch, turning it over in the final third and equalling their opponents on just one shot on target apiece by the 25-minute mark.
Zaha scores as Crystal Palace fight back to beat Wolves
Crystal Palace 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: Eberechi Eze cancelled out Adama Traore’s opener before Zaha struck the winner
Crystal Palace vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Crystal Palace vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
The win moves Palace up to 10th, with 13 points, while Wolves slide all the way down to 17th. They are one of three clubs with nine points, but with a goal difference of -9, they dangerously hover right above relegation.
Crystal Palace vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
They may have conceded first through a Traore header in the first half, but Palace dug deep and were on it from the moment they came back out of the tunnel. Eze scored for the hosts a minute after half-time with a bouncing header going past Jose Sa, and the main man himself, Zaha, scored the winner, perfectly placing his shot to seal the victory.
Crystal Palace vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
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