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Jean-Philippe Mateta scored a hat-trick, including a stoppage-time penalty, but he will still be thinking about the penalty he missed after that. crystal Palace played a 3-3 draw against bournemouth,
At the end of a frantic encounter between two in-form teams, the French striker missed a great chance to win it for the Eagles, firing wide from just eight yards.
Ryan Christie Thought he had taken Bournemouth to the top Premier League – for at least a few hours – after scoring with one minute of normal time remaining.
But when Bafode Diakite was adjudged to have fouled Marc Guhi at a corner, Mateta converted the penalty to ensure Palace extended their unbeaten home record to 10 matches.
However, when Mateta was presented with the chance to win it by Eddie Nketiah he blasted the opportunity over the crossbar.
However, a draw was probably a fair result after an exciting encounter between these two increasingly dynamic teams.
Mateta made his France debut last week and on this evidence Cherries’ teenage forward Junior Crupi, who stole the show in the first half, will not be far behind.
The 19-year-old was relegated from the French second division after scoring 22 goals in 30 games for Lorient last season and has made the step-up simple.
Both league meetings between these sides last season ended goalless, but Crupi ensured that would not be the case this time when he found the net after just seven minutes.
He didn’t have to look very far, Justin Kluivert’s inswinging corner hit the far post and headed home six inches away.
Bournemouth doubled their lead after a powerful run from in-demand winger Antoine Semenyo, who drilled in a low cross which Guéhi misjudged and Crupi scored first-time.
There was a minor controversy early in the second half when Bournemouth’s Marcos Senesi was booked for bringing down Ismaila Sarr 30 yards.
VAR recommended a check for a red card – for denying a clear goalscoring opportunity – but had the courage to stick to his original decision after referee Jarrod Gillette went to the replay screen.
It looked like the right call, but moments later VAR intervened and overturned a wrong offside flag when Mateta blocked Daniel Munoz’s cross, allowing Palace to halve the deficit.
Then, five minutes later, Mateta slotted in at the far post to convert another Munoz cross into the equaliser.
Palace had the ball in the net again when Sab Nketiah diverted Mateta’s shot home, but was pulled up for offside.
instead of Cherry They were put in front in the 89th minute when Marcus Tavernier’s low cross was converted by Christie.
But Mateta held his composure from the spot to grab a point, and then held his head in his hands after wasting the chance for a three with the final kick.