Everton 1-1 Crystal Palace: Toffees' European hopes dented

Unsettled Crystal Palace striker Michy Batshuayi forcefully made his point to manager Roy Hodgson as Everton's Goodison Park blues continued to derail their European aspirations. Michy Batshuayi came off the bench to salvage a point for Crystal Palace against Everton The striker came on in the 84th minute and netted in the 86th with his first effort on goal The result means Everton have dropped more points in the race to qualify for a spot in Europe The Toffees had taken the lead through James Rodriguez in the 56th minute of the game The midfielder produced a classy finish on his return to the side after recovering from injury MATCH FACTS Everton : Olsen, Coleman, Mina, Keane, Holgate, Digne, Gomes, Davies, Rodriguez, Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin Subs not used: Virginia, Nkounkou, John, Tyrer, Broadhead, King Booked: Digne, Mina Scorer: Rodriguez 56 Crystal Palace : Guaita, Ward, Kouyate, Cahill, Van Aanholt, Riedewald, Milivojevic, Eze, Ayew, Zaha, Benteke Subs not used: Butland, Mitchell, Hannam, Kelly, Dann, Townsend Scorer: Batshuayi 86 Booked: None Carlo Ancelotti's dream of taking Everton into the Europa League or even possibly the Champions League is being wrecked by results at Goodison, having lost four of their previously. Vicente Guaita made some vital saves to keep Palace in the game throughout the 90 minutes Richarlison found himself thwarted by the Eagles goalkeeper on a number of occasions Olsen had to make saves from Jordan Ayew, Eberichi Eze and Wilfried Zaha – once coveted by Everton – and Hodgson made the changes late on, sending on Schlupp, Jean-Philippe Mateta and finally, after 84 minutes, Batshuayi. Jean-Philippe Gbamin made his long awaited return from injury after coming off the bench Guaita made another great save to deny Richarlison while Everton were still leading 1-0 Robin Olsen also made a decent stop to deny Wilfried Zaha before the Palace equaliser There was grumpiness at the final whistle with Zaha and Ben Godfrey squaring up and other players surrounding them to prevent any further 'handbags'.