Neal Maupay hits dramatic leveller as Brighton snatch a point at Crystal Palace

Victory for Brighton would have sent them to the top flight summit for the first time in their history

Neal Maupay scored a late equaliser for Brighton at Crystal Palace (John Walton/PA)

Neal Maupay struck at the death to salvage Brighton a point and stun rivals Crystal Palace following another dramatic battle between the two teams at Selhurst Park.

Wilfried Zaha’s first-half penalty looked to have given Patrick Vieira’s men all three points but they were hit with a sucker punch in the fifth minute of stoppage-time – in almost identical fashion to how Roy Hodgson’s Eagles had won at the Amex in February.