Crystal Palace shook off any FA Cup final hangovers to keep their top-half hopes alive as Eddie Nketiah netted a double in a 4-2 win over Wolves.
Oliver Glasner rested most of his Wembley heroes but faced a Wolves side also featuring sweeping changes following back-to-back defeats.
Ultimately, it was the Eagles’ fringe players, and Nketiah in particular, who would prove their worth and move two points behind Fulham in 10th with a game to play – and set a club-record Premier League points tally in the process.
Not before an early scare, though. Jorgen Strand Larsen nodded a Wolves corner back across goal for Emmanuel Agbadou to score his first goal since his January arrival and earn a lead which would last less than three minutes.
Nketiah and Romain Esse, making his first start since a January move of his own from Millwall, linked up excellently on the left with the former’s faint before shooting opening up space to bury the ball into the far corner to level.
For a player lacking minutes and confidence in south London this season it was a finish of real composure, and his second a true striker’s goal.
Daniel Munoz’s clever flick released Ismaila Sarr out wide and Nketiah’s back-post run was exactly what was needed to turn his low cross home and complete the turnaround and treble his season tally inside five first-half minutes.
Ben Chilwell got in on the act after half-time with a wildly deflected free-kick for his first goal in over two years, before Strand Larsen gave Wolves hope with a second from a corner – they had only managed three-such goals all season prior to the game.
One of Glasner’s six changes from the FA Cup victory was the inclusion of Joel Ward for a Selhurst Park send-off. The 35-year-old was visibly emotional and dropped to his knees in the centre-circle when he was substituted in his final game after 12 years and 363 appearances in south London.
One of those who had dropped out still had time to get in on the action, as FA Cup final match-winner Eberechi Eze had the final say to seal victory.
A late Palace counter as Wolves piled bodies forward reached the midfielder, whose scuffed effort put the cherry on the cake of a famous week for Crystal Palace – and one which could yet get better.
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Sky Sports to show 215 live PL games from next season
Sky Sports to show 215 live Premier League games from next season
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