Pukki quick off the mark but Norwich draw with Palace

NORWICH, England :Norwich City striker Teemu Pukki scored the fastest goal of the Premier League season after 38 seconds, but Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha netted a stunning equaliser as the teams drew 1-1 at Carrow Road on Wednesday.

Zaha followed his brilliant strike with a horrendous penalty miss two minutes later as the visitors dominated possession and chances, but their only away win in the league this season remains at Manchester City in October.

Norwich stay in 18th position in the table with 17 points from their 23 matches, missing the chance to move out of the relegation zone, while Palace are in 13th with 25 points, also from 23 games.

Palace visit Brentford next on Saturday, while Norwich host Manchester City and after that travel to Liverpool a week later in a daunting pair of fixtures for Dean Smith’s side.

The home side hit the front inside the opening minute when winger Milot Rashica sprinted down the left flank and his cross was touched into the path of Pukki by Adam Idah.

The Finnish forward scuffed his shot but found the bottom corner of the net from the edge of the box.

He might have had a second when he was teed-up by Rashica with just Palace goalkeeper Guaita to beat, but a moment's hesitation allowed the cover defence to come across and block his effort.

Norwich goalkeeper Angus Gunn made a superb low save to his right to deny Jeffrey Schlupp, but there was nothing he could do about the equaliser.

Zaha, who had been poor in the first hour, cut inside onto his right foot and unleashed a thunderous shot on the angle from the edge of the box that arrowed into the top corner.

Two minutes later he could have scored his second, this time from the penalty spot after Max Aarons clipped the heels of Tyrick