A full of life first half was missing in any clear possibilities earlier than Palace took the lead 11 minutes earlier than half time. It got here from a Fulham nook which was cleared to Eberechi Eze. He countered swiftly and picked out the run of Odsonne Edouard who completed with aplomb into the highest nook.
Fulham had been stage on the stroke of half-time, Mitrovic scoring from the penalty spot after Tyrick Mitchell had bundled over Harry Wilson.
Mitrovic ought to have added a second inside moments of the restart after Harrison Reed squared the ball to him and he scuffed it vast of the close to publish.
It appeared inevitable that ‘Mitro’ would ultimately rating once more and he did with a thunderous header on the close to publish from Willian’s free kick.
Willian, one in all Fulham’s glorious signings this season, nearly received in on the act. The Brazilian minimize inside and curled a superb shot in direction of the highest nook the place it was saved at full-stretch by Sam Johnstone.
However the Eagles claimed a late level with Joel Ward bundling in from shut vary after the ball dropped to him from Michael Olise’s harmful free kick. For each golf equipment, the laborious work had been finished lengthy earlier than this recreation and each will toast a profitable season.
“In the direction of the top of the sport we had been taking part in the type of soccer that we need to play and I used to be very happy with the best way we dug in and got here again,” summarised Roy Hodgson.
