Jean-Philippe Mateta scores late penalty as Palace come back to beat Newcastle

Jean-Philippe Mateta’s penalty in the fourth minute of stoppage time snatched a 2-1 victory for Crystal Palace against Newcastle, who saw their European qualification hopes suffered a fresh blow.

Mateta had earlier stepped off the bench to cancel out William Osula’s opener at Selhurst Park before the Frenchman’s late spot-kick earned the Eagles just their second home win in the Premier League since November.

A much-changed Newcastle were unable to put their Tyne-Wear derby disappointment from three weeks ago behind them as they remained five points behind seventh-placed Brentford.

With plenty of changes made to both line-ups, the game took a while to get into any kind of stride.

It perhaps was not surprising to see Palace look as though they were prioritising the second leg of their Conference League quarter-final at Fiorentina next Thursday.

However, Newcastle boss Eddie Howe’s decision to leave over £200m worth of attacking talent on the bench was attracting more scrutiny by the minute as his side struggled for any cohesion up front.

The first moment either goal was threatened finally arrived after 34 minutes when Yeremy Pino’s effort from just outside the box was pushed away by Newcastle goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, who quickly recovered to keep out Daniel Munoz’s follow-up.

Chances were suddenly coming thick and fast for the home side as Jaydee Canvot headed a Pino corner over from close range as the match flickered into life after a sleepy start.

However, it was against the run of play that Newcastle took the lead in the 43rd minute when Lewis Miley’s excellent ball from the right was diverted by home defender Maxence Lacroix for Osula to bundle in.

A sloppy pass from Munoz then gave the young Dane a chance to score