For the second time this week, Jordan Ayew left it late to win the game for his team as Palace edged past a spirited 10-man Grimsby Town side in advance into the FA Cup fourth round.
Despite playing with an extra man for 88 minutes of the game following Andrew Fox’s VAR-assisted dismissal, it looked as though Roy Hodgson’s team would require a replay at Blundell Park despite peppering the Mariners’ goal throughout the contest, included striking the post three times.
However, in the 86th minute substitute Ayew popped up to head home the winner from a free-kick to net in successive games for the Eagles and squeeze past the League Two outfit.