December 22 2012

Julian Speroni

Crystal Palace let slip another lead and had to make do with a 1-1 draw at home to Huddersfield.

They got off to the worst possible start when defender Damian Delaney was shown a straight red card for a reckless challenge on Jermaine Beckford on 10 minutes.

And things got worse 10 minutes later when Joel Ward brought down Sean Scannell in the box for referee Graham Scott to award the visitors a penalty. However, Adam Clayton's weak spot-kick down the middle was an an easy save for Julian Speroni.

Palace took the lead seven minutes before the break against the run of play. Yannick Bolasie tackled Oliver Norwood on the right side of the penalty area and played a neat back-heel pass to Wilfried Zaha, who side-stepped a defender and smashed the ball into the roof of the net.

Huddersfield grabbed an equaliser in the 74th minute after a mistake from Speroni. Palace failed to clear a corner and Keith Southern's header into the mix trickled its way through Speroni's legs and into the net.

Ref Scott evened the numbers by showing Town's Anthony Gerrard a red card for a two-footed tackled on Bolassie with 10 minutes to go.

But Palace had to settle for a point - their fourth draw in the last five matches - and they now slip to third place.

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