Third PL boss loses job after hospitalisation as new boss watches wild draw
Everton midfielder Amadou Onana rescued a 1-1 draw against fellow strugglers Crystal Palace with a late equaliser just hours after the Eagles hired Oliver Glasner as their new manager on Monday.
Sean Dyche’s side were in danger of a damaging defeat in the fight for Premier League survival after Jordan Ayew blasted Palace ahead with a fine finish in the second half at Goodison Park.
But Onana levelled with six minutes left to lift Everton out of the relegation zone above Luton on goal difference.
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If Palace had held on, they would have moved eight points clear of the bottom three, but instead the gap to Luton is five points.
It was a blow to former Eintracht Frankfurt boss Glasner, who was appointed by Palace after Roy Hodgson stepped down earlier on a dramatic day for the south London club.
Former England boss Hodgson, who had been under growing pressure, was hospitalised after falling ill during a training session last week as reports swirled that he was going to be sacked.
Hodgson, 76, said in a club statement that he was stepping aside to allow the club to “bring forward their plans for a new manager”.
Hodgson’s assistants Paddy McCarthy and Ray Lewington were in charge against Everton, but Glasner was seated alongside Palace chairman Steve Parish and sporting director Dougie Freedman in the Goodison stands.
“It was a wonderful goal by Jordan Ayew, but we couldn’t hold on. There’s lots of quality and Glasner is coming into a squad with plenty of character,” McCarthy said.
“I’m sure the players were aware he was watching. There are lots of positives he will have seen and I’m sure he cannot wait to get to work.”
Everton boss Sean Dyche added: “We let in a bad goal from our point of view,
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