Benteke earns Palace point

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Romelu Lukaku and Christan Benteke scored as Crystal Palace came from behind to draw 1-1 at Everton on Friday Night Football.

Lukaku gave the hosts the lead with a 35th-minute free-kick, but Benteke replied with a brilliant header shortly after half-time.

Damien Delaney thought he had put Palace ahead on the hour mark, only to see the flag go up for offside after he headed past Maarten Stekelenburg.

The draw sees Everton move up to third in the Premier League ahead of the rest of the weekend’s action.

Palace, meanwhile, extend their unbeaten league run to five matches and might be aggrieved not to have taken all three points after having the better of the second half.

Both sides made one change from their previous game, with Tom Cleverley replacing Kevin Mirallas for Everton and Wilfried Zaha coming in for Yohan Cabaye for Palace.

With interim England manager Gareth Southgate watching from the stands, Zaha looked …

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