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Bournemouth 2 Crystal Palace 2: King strikes late to deny visitors

Crystal Palace twice failed to hang on to leads in the second half at the Vitality Stadium as they had to settle for a 2-2 draw at Bournemouth.

Substitute Joshua King grabbed an equaliser in the 89th minute to grab a point for the hosts, who still have not beaten their opponents at home since November 1988.

Still, Wilfried Zaha's deflected strike appeared set to give Palace a crucial win in their battle to beat the drop, his left-footed shot flashing beyond Asmir Begovic to make it 2-1 in the 75th minute.

However, King became the second replacement to score for Bournemouth in the game, converting a flick-on at the back post to deny Roy Hodgson's side right at the death.