Soccer Football - Premier League - Crystal Palace vs Watford - Selhurst Park, London, Britain - December 12, 2017 Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson before the match Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge
LONDON (Reuters) - Crystal Palace escaped the Premier League relegation zone for the first time this season with a last-gasp 2-1 home win over Watford on Tuesday but still have a mountain to climb to avoid relegation, according to manager Roy Hodgson.
Trailing to Daryl Janmaat's third-minute goal Palace looked set for a damaging defeat that would have left them bottom, but Bakary Sako scored a fortunate equaliser after 89 minutes before Wilfried Zaha set up James McArthur for a stoppage-time winner.
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