Crystal Palace battled with a confident Southampton side to fight their way to a draw this afternoon on the south coast in a tense game that saw two teams go toe-to-toe with zeal.
The Eagles had to overcome their injury troubles, an early disallowed goal and the threat of a Saints side enjoying a deeply purple patch of form to earn a well-deserved point.
Summary
- Jairo Riedewald and James McCarthy start in place of Patrick van Aanholt and Cheikhou Kouyate
- Palace open the scoring through Max Meyer, but the effort is ruled out for offside by VAR
- Southampton’s Jan Bednarek strikes over from very close range on the end of a free-kick
- Half-time: Southampton 0-0 Palace
- Palace take the lead in the 50th minute, with James Tomkins heading Luka Milivojevic's free-kick home
- Southampton find the equaliser via Danny Ings
- The game ends in a flurry of chances, but Palace hold on
- Full-time: Southampton 1-1 Palace
Playing on the back of a 2-0 victory away to Chelsea, an attacking Southampton side came halfway to performing as expected as the afternoon unfolded at St Mary’s: pressing Palace high and with tenacity but failing to record a single shot on target in the game’s opening half.