YOANE WISSA stole a late leveller for Brentford as Crystal Palace dropped two points in familiar fashion.
Patrick Vieira often rued his players for dropping points late on last season and it seems he has not been able to iron it out this term.
The Eagles took a second half lead through Wilfried Zaha’s stunning goal as he continues to be linked with a move away.
It looked like another night in the limelight for Palace’s star man until Brentford’s Wissa popped up with two minutes to go after Palace has wasted a number of chances either side of Zaha’s goal.
It was the first time the Palace boss gave a start all three of Zaha, Eberechi Eze and Michael Olise together this season – a trio Eagles fans will hope they get the chance to see plenty more of.
Jeffrey Schlupp was the first to get the Palace fans off their seats.
READ MORE IN FOOTBALL
The midfielder collected the ball on the edge of his own box and drove the length of the pitch before cutting inside and sending a low shot into the hands of David Raya.
Palace were getting into good positions down the right, with Olise driving past two light blue Brentford shirts to the edge of the box, but not taking their chances.
The former Reading man dribbled a low and comfortable shot straight into the gloves of Raya.
The Bees were struggling for clear cut chances, with Ivan Toney crossing for Zanka – who headed over from six yards but knew little about it.
Most read in Football
FREE BETS AND SIGN UP DEALS – BEST NEW CUSTOMER OFFERS
Vieira’s forwards, on the other hand, were combining well as Olise found Zaha in the box.
The Ivorian managed to find space to shoot with three Bees defenders crowded around him but saw his effort blocked by Aaron Hickey.
The right-back was on hand to deny Zaha once again just before the break.
Olise’s low cross bobbled across the six-yard to Zaha at the far post who spun and shot but found the Scottish full-back for a second time.
The hosts picked up where they left off after the break.
Cheick Doucoure charged in on Vitaly Janelt to win the ball on the edge of the box.
The loose ball found Schlupp in the penalty area but his shot was, again, straight at the keeper.
It was Olise’s turn next, allowed once more to comfortably drift in from the right and bend a shot onto the foot of the far post.
That chance caused the Selhurst Park drums to beat a little louder as belief grew that we might finally get an opener – and there wasn’t long to wait.
When Palace need a goal, there is one man they always look to.
Having just about dealt with Olise cutting in from the right, there was nothing Brentford could do when Zaha did it from the left.
The winger collected it from the impressive Doucoure in midfield and squared up Hickey.
The Scot was bypassed with one flick to the right before Zaha quickly unleashed a superb effort into the top right corner.
The television cameras quickly cut to Palace chairman Steve Parish on his phone in the stands – presumably tapping away a message to Chelsea owner Todd Boehly to inform him the price had just shot up by another £10million.
He will still be keen to keep his most reliable forward in SE25, though, especially after watching Olise send another chance wide.
The Bees had struggled for clear cut chances but Frank sent on a raft of substitutes after going behind and finally one of them struck.
Read More on The Sun
Janelt exchanged a swift one-two 40-yards out before whipping a cross to the far post where Wissa rose in space to nod past Vicente Guaita and leave Vieira raging.
His temper was almost tested in added time when Ben Mee headed a chance to take all three points onto the bar.
Catch up on ALL the action with our live blog below…
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
