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EVERTON twice fought back from behind thanks to a horrible dive and a fine finish from Oumar Niasse.
The Senegalese striker, who almost joined Palace on deadline, was in the thick of the action after the James McArthur fired the hosts ahead after just FIFTY-ONE SECONDS.
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Leighton Baines levelled with a seventh minute penalty, which ref Anthony Taylor awarded after Niasse went down in the box under a challenge from Eagles skipper Scott Dann.
But TV replays showed the Toffee had in fact dived and he can now surely expect a two-game ban under the FA’s new retrospective punishment award for play-acting.
Wilfried Zaha slotted in Joel Ward’s cross to restore the Eagles’ advantage in the 36th minute.
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But Niasse made it 2-2 on the stroke of half-time when he stroked the ball home after Palace keeper Julian Speroni had played his skipper Dann into trouble with a terrible pass.
Wayne Rooney was dropped to the bench for the visitors and they almost took the lead at the start of the second half when sub Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s close-range shot was blocked by Speroni.
Palace sent on Christian Benteke in the 76th minute and he missed a clear chance before having a 20 yard shot beaten away by Jordan Pickford.
Leighton Baines scores penalty for Everton against Crystal Palace after Omar Niasse goes down in the box
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FACTS, STATS, GOALS & LOLS
- Everton are unbeaten in their last six league games against Palace, winning three and drawing three.
- Palace have won only one of their nine Premier League home games versus Everton, losing five of them.
- The Eagles are unbeaten in their last three home matches, winning one and drawing the other two - those five points are their entire season's total.
- Palace have scored only four goals from open play, three of those goals have come from Zaha.
- Everton are without a win in 14 Premier League away games since they won 1-0 against Palace in last season's corresponding fixture.
- Everton have claimed eight points from losing positions this season, second only to Arsenal's nine.
