Crystal Palace have beaten Hull City at the KC Stadium despite being reduced to 10 men late in the second half.
The first action of note was an injury to Marouane Chamakh. The Palace forward hit the ground after an aerial collision with Paul McShane. Both men suffered cuts and needed bandages.
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Mile Jedinak then sent Tom Huddlestone to the ground with a robust challenge as the combative nature of the match continued.
Palace broke from a Hull corner and the ball reached Chamakh, who played in Yannick Bolasie, but his shot was high and wide.
Both teams were defending well with Chamakh making a couple of important clearances and Curtis Davies stopping Dwight Gayle as the Palace man looked to counter-attack.
Barry Bannan then whipped in a cross towards the back post that only failed to reach Chamakh because of a vital block from Davies.
Hull cleared the resulting corner but Palace were again on the attack with Bolasie, who was crowded out.
The first effort on target came with five minutes of the first half remaining. Hull's George Boyd hit the ball into the ground and into the arms of Julian Speroni.
The second half started with Hull on the front foot, and they spurned a good chance to take the lead. The ball found Yannick Sagbo, who took too long to shoot and allowed Speroni to run from his line and parry it away.
A goalmouth scramble almost saw the Tigers break the deadlock as Sagbo and Davies battled for the ball against the Palace defence.
The Eagles were then reduced to 10 men as Bolasie was red-carded for what the referee deemed was a late tackle.
However, that seemed to galvanise the visitors, who edged in front through Bannan's shot after Cameron Jerome had found the midfielder with a pass through a defender's legs.
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Jake Livermore hit the post at the death, but Palace emerged victorious in Keith Millen's last match as caretaker manager.
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