Palace’s Under-18s bounced back from last week’s defeat to Birmingham City today by securing a 2-2 draw against Wigan Athletic, despite being reduced to 10 men in the second-half.
Wigan took the lead courtesy of MacKenzie O’Neill’s first-half strike, but Palace turned it around in the second-half through Jesuran Rak-Sakyi’s measured effort and an Aiden Steele penalty. Later, the hosts lost a man following Kevin Gonzalez’s dismissal, and Wigan eventually made it 2-2 through another O’Neill strike as the game drew to a close.
Palace started the match on the front foot and looked dangerous within the first minute as Tetteh-Quaye Addy latched on to a long ball before flicking past Wigan goalkeeper Bobby Jones.