Bournemouth’s Junior Stanislas keeps cool to make Crystal Palace pay penalty

Bournemouth left it late, but the nightmarish memory of that defeat at Turf Moor has now been banished. This game was approaching its finale with Crystal Palace level when the hosts rallied. Wayne Hennessey had summoned two fine saves to deny Callum Wilson, clean through on goal, and Dan Gosling, but the Welshman’s luck would not hold.

A free-kick swung into the box had the visitors further panicked when Mamadou Sakho swung an arm back into Jefferson Lerma. Mike Dean spotted the offence and awarded the penalty, which Junior Stanislas, only recently introduced to the contest, converted with ease. That undid all the work Palace had put in to recover an early deficit and left Roy Hodgson contemplating a fourth defeat of term. Bournemouth, thrust back into the upper echelons, have re-established their momentum.

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