Antonio Conte's injury troubles deepened on Saturday as Victor Moses was forced from the field with a hamstring injury.
The Chelsea boss was already without Alvaro Morata, Danny Drinkwater and N'Golo Kante for the trip to Selhurst Park and Moses joined the injury list before the interval.
The former Palace star was given a warm ovation as he left the field for summer signing Davide Zappacosta.
It came after struggling Palace, who hadn't scored in the Premier League before Chelsea's visit on Saturday, broke the deadlock. Cesar Azpilicueta put the ball through his own net before Tiemoue Bakayoko cancelled out Palace's opener, but a short while after Moses was forced from the field Palace went in front again.
Wilfried Zaha, who was making his first appearance for the Eagles since suffering an injury on the opening day of the season, fired Roy Hodgson's men back in front to give Conte plenty to think about at half-time.
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