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powerful 25-yard free-kick. Joe Ledley was then booked for handling into the net from Andros Townsend’s corner with the goal chalked off.

Palace could not build on their finish to the first half and it was Bolton who took the lead when former Millwall player Henry fired home from the edge of the area, although he may have been intending to cross.

Bolton fans reacted by taunting their former manager Allardyce with chants of “You’re getting sacked in the morning”.

That seemed to spur Palace into life as Benteke headed home his equaliser from Mathieu Flamini’s 69th-minute cross only six minutes after he had arrived on the pitch as part of a triple Palace substitution along with James Tomkins and Jason Puncheon.

And Benteke became the hero of the hour when he struck again in the 77th minute with a fine winner, chesting down Townsend’s cross and halfvolleying home from 12 yards.

PALACE Goals: BOLTON Referee: (4-2-3-1): (4-4-2): Booked: Booked: Goal: