GARY O'NEIL mightiness look backmost connected this hard-fought constituent arsenic the infinitesimal helium saved his job.
But for truthful agelong helium seemed to teeter connected the brink arsenic Wolves fans' patience snapped and they turned connected their struggling young manager.
Trailing to a Trevoh Chalobah goal, the location fans voiced their disgust arsenic they chanted: "You don't cognize what you're doing," successful protestation astatine their side's dismal performance.
And yet a triple substitution and 2 goals successful 5 minutes from Jorgen Strand-Larsen and Joao Gomes soon saw them alteration their tune.
Suddenly, determination was anticipation and O'Neil seemed to cognize what helium was doing again.
Until different antiaircraft catastrophe saw Marc Guehi snatch an equaliser to contradict Wolves their archetypal triumph of the season.
Incredibly, Palace thought they had snatched a stoppage-time triumph when Jean-Philippe Mateta scored from adjacent range.
However, VAR Paul Tierney ruled that Daniel Munoz had fouled Jose Sa, and Wolves breathed again.
There were a fewer boos from unhappy location fans astatine the last whistle but determination were conscionable arsenic galore applauding excessively - it was that benignant of night!
After a nervy archetypal fractional this relegation conflict burst into beingness connected the hr erstwhile Chalobah profited from immoderate disatrous Wolves defending.
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Will Hughes swung successful a transverse from Daichi Kamada's abbreviated escaped footwear and Jorgen Strand Larsen failed to perceive Jose Sa's call.
The Norwegian headed the shot retired from nether the goalie's waiting gloves and the shot dropped to Chalobah who drilled it successful expertly from a choky angle.
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At that point, Palace smelled blood, and Wolves fans were demanding it - from O'Neil!
Yet Wolves battled backmost with 2 goals successful 5 minutes.
Chalobah went from leader to zero erstwhile helium missed Santi Bueno's crossfield shot and Matheus Cunha burst wide to acceptable up Larsen who slid the shot nether Dean Henderson.
And Wolves thought they were connected way to triumph it erstwhile Cunha acceptable up Goncalo Guedes to chopped the shot backmost to Joao Gomes who swept the shot nether Henderson.
But Wolves simply can't bargain a triumph this play and they blew their pb 5 minutes later.
Kamada's country was flicked connected by Munoz and Marc Guehi stole successful astatine the backmost station to pat location from adjacent range.
Wolves were truthful hopeless for a triumph you could practically consciousness the consciousness of anticipation streaming down from the stands.
Gary O'Neil's men had mislaid their past 5 location Premier League games.
In fact, Wolves players had lone collected 1 triumph bonus from their past 19 top-flight games - a location triumph against Luton mode backmost successful April.
They needed to halt the rot rapidly. Especially arsenic Southampton's triumph against Everton near the location broadside rooted to the bottommost of the array by kick-off clip astatine Molineux.
Leicester's precocious leveller astatine Ipswich astatine slightest gave Palace immoderate bid of caput and guaranteed they stayed retired of the relegation zone, careless of the effect here.
However, Oliver Glasner's men were anxious to physique connected a productive week which saw them bushed Spurs and sound Aston Villa retired of the Carabao Cup and volition consciousness this was an accidental missed.