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Benitez denies Delap from four yards as Palace equalise

Crystal Palace goalkeeper Walter Benitez kept out Liam Delap from point-blank range with Forest leading 1-0, before Daichi Kamada equalised five minutes later.

  • Nottingham Forest led 1-0 through an early Dan Ndoye goal at Selhurst Park.
  • Walter Benitez saved Liam Delap's powerful volley from four yards.
  • Daichi Kamada equalised for Crystal Palace five minutes later.

Crystal Palace goalkeeper Walter Benitez produced one of the saves of the Premier League season so far as he kept out Nottingham Forest striker Liam Delap from point-blank range.

Forest were leading 1-0, thanks to an early goal by Dan Ndoye, when Morgan Gibbs-White tried his luck from outside the box. Benitez tipped the Forest captain's deflected effort on to the crossbar, but when it bounced down in the six-yard box it seemed certain the unmarked Delap would knock in Forest's second goal.

Yet Benitez jumped up and stood firm as Delap smashed a powerful volley straight at the goalkeeper's chest from four yards. The moment was described as "extraordinary" on Sky Sports, with co-commentator Alan Smith saying: "Can you believe that passage of play?"

Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra, pundit Danny Gabbidon said: "Liam Delap has to score. He goes for power. It's point-blank range and Walter Benitez doesn't know much about it. It sits nicely for him and if he just side-foots it down, it's 2-0."

To add to the damage for Forest, Palace then went down the other end and equalised just five minutes later, when Daichi Kamada pounced on a ball in the box and finished from close range.

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