Slaven Bilic’s do-or-die week ended in disappointment as Wilfried Zaha’s 97th-minute equaliser earned Crystal Palace a draw at home to West Ham.

Bilic had admitted this was another crunch few days for his future as manager and the visitors looked on course for a morale-boosting win when Javier Hernandez and Andre Ayew put them 2-0 up at Selhurst Park.

But Palace came roaring back in the second half as Luka Milivojevic’s penalty and a stoppage-time strike from Zaha earned Roy Hodgson’s men a dramatic point.

West Ham remain 16th in the Premier League table and Palace stay bottom. It remains to be seen whether this result is enough for Bilic to save his job.

The game didn’t come to life until the half-hour mark, as Palace were denied a penalty at one end before West Ham scored at the other. Zaha went down easily but Jose Fonte did clip the forward’s leg, and he was lucky to see referee Robert Madley wave away the appeals. Two minutes later Palace were behind. Ayew played wide to Aaron Cresswell whose cutback was perfectly placed for Hernandez to poke home after 31 minutes.

Palace should have equalised soon after as Hart made a smart double save, but instead, a frantic 15 minutes ended with West Ham extending their lead.

Milivojevic over-ran the ball in midfield and, while Ayew had three against three he went alone, smashing the ball past Julian Speroni and into the top corner.

However, Palace hit back five minutes after the restart. Angelo Ogbonna knocked Andros Townsend over in the box and Milivojevic duly converted the spot-kick.

Palace now had their tails up, but it was not until the last 10 minutes they threatened again, with Cabaye extending Hart with another curling shot, this time from a free-kick.

Just as it looked like the Hammers would hang on, Zaha turned Cheikhou Kouyate one way and then the other, weaving back into the box before rifling a shot inside the far post.

Bilic could hardly wait to get down the tunnel.