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Crystal Palace held high-flying Brighton & Hove Albion to a 1-1 draw in the Premier League on Saturday after James Tomkins capitalised on a calamitous error to cancel out Solly March’s opener.
The result leaves Brighton on 35 points in sixth place, while Palace are 12th with Patrick Vieira’s side yet to taste a league victory in 2023.
Brighton, who have not lost this year, were able to break through Palace’s defence numerous times in the first half, with Kaoru Mitoma seeing his angled shot denied by goalkeeper Vicente Guaita while Adam Webster also had a header go wide.
Pervis Estupinan had the ball in the net shortly after the half-hour mark but just as the Ecuadorian full back celebrated what he thought was his first goal for Brighton, VAR came to Palace’s rescue and chalked it off for offside.
The breakthrough finally came in the 63rd minute when March stole past the last defender to skilfully turn in Estupinan’s cross at the far post despite it being at an awkward height.
But Palace levelled when Brighton keeper Robert Sanchez made a mess of a straightforward catch from a set-piece, with the ball bouncing up kindly for Tomkins who headed it into an empty net.
Crystal Palace vs Brighton & Hove Albion
That's all for today, goodbye.
Crystal Palace vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Next up, Palace travel to Brentford in the Premier League with Brighton hosting Fulham.
Crystal Palace vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Tomkins scored his first goal of the season to salvage a point against Brighton. The away side dominated before the break with Guaita making three sharp saves before Estupinan found the top corner. However, his goal was disallowed with the left-back venturing offside. After the restart, March threatened with two efforts at goal before scoring with his third. Getting past Mitchell, he crashed in Estupinan’s dangerous cross. In control, Brighton were forced to share the points after a mishap from Sanchez. Going to catch Olise’e free-kick, the ball dropped out of his hands with Tomkins reacting the quickest to poke it into an empty net.
Crystal Palace vs Brighton & Hove Albion
FULL-TIME: CRYSTAL PALACE 1-1 BRIGHTON
Crystal Palace vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Guaita does well again. Another cross from Estupinan causes panic in the Palace box. The ball goes off the back of Lokonga with Dunk failing to get a shot away. Still alive, The goalkeeper gets there before Mac Allister.
Crystal Palace vs Brighton & Hove Albion
BIG CHANCE! Estupinan should have his second assist of the game. On the left flank, his whipped cross finds Mac Allister in the middle of the box, but his tame volley goes straight into the hands of Guaita.
Crystal Palace vs Brighton & Hove Albion
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