Crystal Palace vs Leicester City LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Crystal Palace 2-2 Leicester: The hosts rescued a draw in added time to leave both teams without a win this season
Jean-Philippe Mateta’s second-half stoppage-time penalty salvaged a point for Crystal Palace in a 2-2 draw with Leicester at Selhurst Park.
Jamie Vardy fired the Foxes into a 21st-minute lead and Stephy Mavididi made it two for the visitors less than a minute after the break.
Mateta pulled one back in a near instant reply, awarded following a VAR check in a contest that also saw deadline-day signing Eddie Nketiah handed his Palace debut.
The visitors looked to be on course to secure their first win of the season until Conor Coady sent Ismaila Sarr tumbling and the Frenchman made no mistake with the resulting spot kick.
Crystal Palace vs Leicester City
The game resumes with Palace momentarily down to 10 men and Vardy once again breaks for Leicester before feeding Mavididi whose effort does not hit the target! That was a good chance for the Foxes to pull away before the break.
Crystal Palace vs Leicester City
Doucoure is down injured for the third time in this first half and this time he is clutching his left foot after Ayew falls on the Palace attacker. We have another break in play here as the Malian defensive midfielder is looked at by the medical team.
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Palace lose possession in the midfield again and Doucoure tries to play in Vardy over the top, but goalkeeper Henderson is quick to react this time and clears the ball away to safety.
Crystal Palace vs Leicester City
Nketiah is at the centre of almost all of Palace's attacks today and the 25-year-old plays in a cross which is deflected kindly into the hands of Hermansen.
Crystal Palace vs Leicester City
Leicester centre-back Faes now concedes a free-kick in a dangerous position and Eze plays it in for Nketiah, but the new Palace signing loses the battle with Ayew inside the box and in turn, concedes a foul for a late challenge on the Leicester man.
Crystal Palace vs Leicester City
It's been all Palace in the last 10 minutes of this contest when it comes to attacking as Leicester are now happy to sit behind and invite the home side to attack.
Crystal Palace vs Leicester City
Eze skips past Faes inside the box and plays a ball across the goal, but Mateta fails to make connection with the delivery in front of the goal as Palace go close again!
Crystal Palace vs Leicester City
Can Leicester leave London with a win today? They have not had very fond memories of the capital in recent times. The Foxes have won just twice in 16 Premier League matches in London, losing 11 of those outings and conceding 40 goals during that run!
Crystal Palace vs Leicester City
The hosts continue to probe for an equaliser. Nketiah turns inside the box and fires a shot at goal, but it is blocked by Faes before the Leicester defence puts the ball behind for a corner kick!
Crystal Palace vs Leicester City
The play has resumed at Selhurst Park after the slight break as Doucoure returns to the pitch and attempts a shot at goal, but Hermansen collects comfortably.
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