Jordan Ayew pegs back Crystal Palace but Swansea City stay bottom

Swansea City remain anchored to the foot of the table, four points adrift of the last safe spot and without a manager, yet there was some comfort to be taken from Leon Britton’s first game as caretaker, as Jordan Ayew came off the bench to score a terrific equaliser. It was no more than Swansea deserved on the balance of play but nothing like as much as they had hoped for in a game that needed to be won to give their survival prospects a genuine lift.

Crystal Palace, who extended their unbeaten run in the Premier League to eight matches, took the lead through Luka Milivojevic’s second-half penalty and at that point, given Swansea’s fragile confidence, it looked as though the visitors would go on to win the game. Swansea, however, never surrendered and will take some heart from the fact that this is the first point they have collected this season when the opposition have scored.

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