Buendia takes the set piece as he crosses it into the box for Drmic to rise up for the header, but he misses going away to the left.
Milivojevic is shown the yellow card after a crude challenge on Roberts.
90' +2
A. Townsend has scored a goal for Crystal Palace! Assist by W. Zaha.
GOAL PALACE! Zaha with a beautiful delivery into the box for Townsend, who side steps his opponent and spears the ball into the bottom-right corner of the box, to seal the game for Crystal Palace.
90' +1
We have five minutes of stoppage time to play.
90'
M. Meyer enters the game and replaces J. Ayew.
It is the end of the game for Ayew as he is replaced by Meyer.
89'
J. Schlupp gets yellow.
Time is fast becoming a factor that is playing against Norwich City, in their bid to at least pick up a point from this match.
Schlupp is the latest player to go into the ref's notebook, after a late foul on McLean.
87'
Townsend runs the ball along the right side of the ground in attack, but he is under immense pressure by the Norwich defence. In the end he bows to the pressure.
85'
Play is held up momentarily as Milivojevic goes down with cramp in the middle of the ground. Could Crystal Palace look at making their final change shortly?
83'
Townsend crosses it to the middle of the box, as Zaha rises up to meet it with a header but it is a little misguided, going over the top of the crossbar.
81'
P. Roberts enters the game and replaces T. Cantwell.
Norwich clear their bench, with their third and final change, with Cantwell off and Roberts on.
79'
J. McCarthy enters the game and replaces J. McArthur.
Second change for Crystal Palace as McArthur heads off for an early shower, to be replaced by McCarthy.
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78'
Crystal Palace swing in the corner kick as Cahill rises up inside the box with a brilliant header, but it is blocked by McGovern.
77'
Zaha crosses it over to Ayew at the right side of the box, but his shot on goal is blocked.
76'
Schlupp with a sloppy challenge on Cantwell, with the referee awarding the resulting free-kick, inside Norwich's defensive half.
74'
Although Crystal Palace have been attacking for most of the second half, they haven't really come close to goal.
72'
Godfrey concedes the corner kick to Crystal Palace, after being pressured in defence.
70'
A. Townsend enters the game and replaces C. Kouyaté.
First change for Palace, as Kouyate heads to the bench and he is replaced by Townsend.
68'
With the injection of Drmic into the game, Norwich will be hoping he can deliver what they haven't been able to do, score a goal to level the score.
66'
J. Drmić enters the game and replaces M. Stiepermann.
It is the end of the game for Stiepermann as he is replaced by Drmic.
65'
Ayew crosses it over to Zaha inside of the box, but his shot on goal goes away wide and to the left.
64'
M. Stiepermann gets yellow.
Stiepermann is shown the yellow card after a late challenge on Ward.
62'
Crystal Palace are searching for their second goal, as they continue to have extended periods in their attacking half.
60'
Both teams are starting to think about what they have on their benches, with the game in the balance at the moment.
58'
J. Ayew gets yellow.
Pukki plays it off to Stiepermann just outside of the box, but he puts a little too much on the shot on goal.
Ayew is shown the yellow card after a strong challenge on Lewis.
56'
Zaha crosses it into the box for van Aanholt who looks up at goal but his shot is too high and it goes over the crossbar.
55'
McArthur sends the ball into Schlupp's direction, who has a shot from just outside of the box, but the shot is blocked.
54'
Cantwell with a foul on Kouyate, as the referee awards a free-kick to Crystal Palace, inside their defensive half.
52'
Ayew sends it into McArthur's direction, who takes a shot from outside of the box, but the kick is too high, going over the crossbar, it wasn't far off goal.
50'
Norwich need to go back to their attacking ways late in the first half if they want to give themselves a chance for the three points.
48'
Crystal Palace have started the second half much the same way as they started the game, spending a lot of time up in attack.
46'
SECOND HALF - We are back under way for the second half as Norwich City kick off to get us back under way.
45' +2
DRAMA! Schlupp is on the last line of defence and he struggles to control the ball, as Pukki comes in and manhandles Schlupp, forcing the referee to have an informal chat to him. Pukki walks away with a wry smile.
45'
We have three minutes of additional time to play in the first half.
43'
Stiepermann chips it across the box for Pukki to run onto, but the pass left a lot to be desired, with Pukki having to work hard to get to the ball, in which time the threat on goal is eliminated by the Crystal Palace defence.
39'
Stiepermann sends it into the box as Buendía hits it with the right boot from the right side of the box, but Guaita pushes the ball away conceding a corner to Norwich.
38'
Aarons runs it deep along the side line, he attempts to pop it up into the box, but nobody is home for Norwich, with Guaita plucking the ball away in mid air.
36'
Lewis sends it to Cantwell inside the box, as he fires a shot on goal but it is blocked by the Crystal Palace defence. So close for Norwich!
34'
Play has resumed with Norwich eager to get back into the action.
32'
We have a stoppage in play as Godfrey goes down with a head injury. It appears he just needs to be patched before he is dispatched.
30'
Buendia with a through ball to the box for Pukki, who strikes it with vigour, forcing Guaita to make a diving save.
28'
It is good to finally see Norwich spending some time inside their attacking half, but they need to extract a result from their time up forward.
26'
Ayew upends Leitner on the left wing, as the referee awards the resulting free kick.
24'
Norwich need to become more attacking and go for broke, as they are playing a safe brand of football at the moment.
22'
M. McGovern enters the game and replaces R. Fährmann.
That's the end of Fahrmann's day too as he is replaced by McGovern due to injury.
21'
Penalty goal scored by L. Milivojević for Crystal Palace!
GOAL PALACE! Milivojevic steps up to take the penalty kick and he slots it home in the top-right corner. Fahrmann nearly gets there but the effort is too powerful.
20'
McArthur chases the loose ball inside the box, Amadou lunges in and upends McArthur. The referee instantly points to the spot, awarding a penalty.
19'
Kouyate rises up for the header from van Aanholt inside the box, front and centre, but he nods it away to the right.
17'
It is only a matter of time for Crystal Palace score a goal here. There is only so much a defensive half can take.
15'
The Norwich City defence eliminate the danger in defence, as they push it away from the box.
13'
Ayew lets one fly from just outside of the box, forcing Fahrmann to rise up and swat the ball away. It was so close to the opening goal for Crystal Palace.
11'
Milivojevic takes the free kick but he put a little too much onto it and it flies away over the crossbar, to the left.
9'
Zaha is brought down just outside of the box by Cantwell with the referee awarding a free kick to Crystal Palace in a very dangerous position.
7'
Norwich will need to change something here, as they can't seem to take the ball out of their defensive half.
5'
Kouyaté goes in a little hard in his challenge on Cantwell, giving away a free kick in Norwich's attacking half.
3'
Crystal Palace have started the game off well and are looking the more dominant of the two teams at the moment.
1'
FIRST HALF - Crystal Palace kick off to get us under way for the first half.
Zaha with a right footed shot on goal, getting in from the difficult angle. He goes close but misses to the top left corner.
Welcome to Selhurst Park for the match between Crystal Palace and Norwich City.
Crystal Palace are unbeaten in their last five home Premier League games with two wins and three draws. However, Selhurst Park has seen a joint league-low three goals scored this season among all Premier League grounds.
Norwich are winless in their last 15 away league matches against Crystal Palace with five draws and ten losses since winning 1-0 in the second-tier in May 1996 under Gary Megson.
CRYSTAL PALACE STARTING XI (4-5-1): Vincente Guaita (GK); Joel Ward, Martin Kelly, Gary Cahill, Patrick van Aanholt; Wilfried Zaha, James McArthur, Luka Milivojevic (c), Cheikhou Kouyaté, Jeffrey Schlupp; Jordan Ayew.
NORWICH CITY STARTING XI (4-2-3-1): Ralf Fährmann (GK); Max Aarons, Ibrahim Amadou, Ben Godfrey (c), Jamal Lewis; Moritz Leitner, Kenny McLean; Emiliano Buendía, Marco Stiepermann, Todd Cantwell; Teemu Pukki.
NORWICH CITY SUBS: Michael McGovern (GK), Sam Byram, Grant Hanley, Patrick Roberts, Josip Drmic, Dennis Srbeny, Adam Idah.
CRYSTAL PALACE SUBS: Wayne Hennessey (GK), James Tomkins, Scott Dann, Max Meyer, Andros Townsend, Christian Benteke, James McCarthy.
HALF TIME: CRYSTAL PALACE 1 NORWICH CITY 0 - It was an action-packed first half, as Crystal Palace dominated the first 25 minutes, but Norwich were able to turn the tables in the last 20 minutes, but not enough to score a goal to level the scores.
FULL TIME: CRYSTAL PALACE 2 NORWICH CITY 0 - After a struggle in a second half that didn't quite live up to the hype of the first half, it took Crystal Palace two minutes into stoppage time to make certain of the result, beating Norwich City 2-0.
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