The Guardian
October 11, 2026

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And here’s Ed Aarons on Pierre Sage’s first home win as Palace manager.
The irony that Daichi Kamada, who won the Europa League under Glasner while they were at Eintracht Frankfurt before he brought him to Selhurst Park on a free transfer, should score his first Premier League goal to equalise in his 68th appearance was surely not lost on the Austrian.
Here’s the Hull 2-2 Everton report.
Where does that leave the golden boot race? That big match at Anfield is likely to change things, too.
At 40 minutes in, Palace looked lost, and yet they entered half-time 2-1 up, and for all the chances that Forest have created, Palace showed it pays off to take them. A huge win for Pierre Sage, and Oliver Glasner’s tough start continues.
It was hearty stuff and Hull continue to show plenty of heart. When Thierno Barry put Everton in the lead, the Tigers found a way back in, with Mohamed Belloumi smashing the equaliser. The word is out: Hull is a tough away trip.
Crystal Palace 3-1 Nottingham Forest: Four minutes to play at Selhurst.
Hull 2-2 Everton: Five added minutes in which to find a winner.
Crystal Palace 3-1 Nottingham Forest: If Forest could find a goal then Palace might start to panic. The problem is that Forest are struggling to score good chances. They will not want to watch back today’s collection of blown opportunities.
Hull 2-2 Everton: Both teams fancy victory here, and Elliot Stroud whips up the crowd when Hull win a corner. Sorba Thomas departs the scene, for Robinio Vaz, as do Jack Grealish and Barry. Charly Alcaraz and Tyler Dibling come on.
Crystal Palace 3-1 Nottingham Forest: The chances, the missed chances, just pile up for Forest. This time, the guilty party is Chris Wood.
Kari Tulinius gets in touch: “Thierno Barry looks like he’s on course to have a twenty-goal season. Last season he got eight. If his good form isn’t just a blip, that bodes well for the Toffees. Barry wasn’t Moyes’s first, second or third choice, but it seems like it’s working out for both of them.”
Hull 2-2 Everton: Hayden Hackney, previously the best player in the Championship, comes on for Maitland-Niles. Harrison Armstrong has departed for Jake O’Brien.
Crystal Palace 3-1 Nottingham Forest: Animation on the sidelines from a visibly annoyed Glasner. He’s made a raft of subs. Dan Ndoye goes off for Callum Hudson-Odoi. Chris Wood replaces Liam Delap, and Ibrahim Sangare replaced Xaver Schlager. Wood seems to be the emergency option; he was just that against Coventry. It didn’t work then.
The Algerian has scored from the bench, having started as a sub because he was tired. Lovely work from Stroud, who squeezes past two defenders, and Belloumi, the form man, who scores.

Mohamed Belloumi equalises for Hull! Photograph: George Wood/Getty Images
Leo Addor gets in touch: “In Brazilian Serie A news, Corinthians just announced Clarence Seedorf as its new manager. They fired Fernando Diniz midweek after a 7th loss in a row got them close to the relegation zone. Rumors in the Brazilian press that several managers had been approached and refused to consider the job made it a running joke. One pundit even said, “I’m afraid of answering my phone at home and ending up as Corinthians’ manager.” Seedorf did play in Brazil towards the end of his career, so it’s not completely random, but it is very surprising...”
Hull 1-2 Everton: Barry is one of those strikers who will miss plenty but keep going so that he eventually knocks a few in.
A bad pass from Sorba Thomas sets away an Everton attack, and Thierno Barry holds his cool, and slots home after Dewsbury-Hall plays him in. The ball squirms to Barry who smashes it straight away.

Thierno Barry fires Everton in front on the banks of the Humber. Photograph: Ian Lyall/ProSports/Shutterstock
Hull 1-1 Everton: Some Hull changes, as Belloumi comes on for Gelhardt, the scorer, who can at least think on his first Premier League goal since 2022.
Those changes in full: Stroud, Mohamed Belloumi and Iroegbunam replace Gelhardt, Giles and Crooks. David Moyes makes a change of his own: Tyrique George replacing Brennan Johnson, the thwarted goalscorer.
Crystal Palace 3-1 Nottingham Forest: Pierre Sage, we may yet to get to know you better. That first 40 minutes looked like mortal danger. Instead, it’s Forest who are falling apart. The Palace fans will be loving this. When Strand Larsen goes close again, his finish too weak to beat Sels, then they might have celebrated four goals.
It is three! Like Palace’s first goal, they were allowed to pass their way through, exposing Sels, who makes a save from Strand Larsen, and Pino can convert the rebound. Oh Forest! And here’s VAR….and it’s still a goal.

Yeremy Pino makes it 3-1 to Palace. Photograph: John Walton/PA
Franklyn Hyde gets in touch: “I notice that Hull have a well known biscuit manufacturer as a secondary shirt sponsor, which is the kind of thing that warms the heart of an ex-pat like me. And gives me a Proustian recollection of seeing Mike Dean as the fourth official at White Hart Lane demolishing an entire packet of Chocolate Hob Nobs in the tunnel with his halftime cup of tea...”
Crystal Palace 2-1 Nottingham Forest: It was almost 3-1, with Lerma forcing a save from Sels, and then Forest scuff the ball away. Two most vulnerable teams here. It makes for decent entertainment.
After John Egan clears the ball behind, Everton have a corner, and they recycle the ball, with Maitland-Niles making up for his previous mistake to find Dewsbury-Hall, who knocks in. VAR again? No, not this time. Dewsbury-Hall was onside.

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall nods home the equaliser for Everton. Photograph: Annabel Lee-Ellis/PA
Crystal Palace 2-1 Nottingham Forest: A quieter beginning to the half at Selhurst but Forest are still making chances. Munoz creates space, and Gibbs-White skews wide.
Hull 1-0 Everton: Hull will go fourth if this stays the same, and they want more, with Branthwaite asked to knock the ball behind.
Hull 1-0 Everton: No Premier League opposition has scored at Hull this season. Everton paying for their mistakes, and that goal owed much to the skill and persistence of Ollie McBurnie.
Quick transition from Hull as Maitland-Niles makes a mistake, and Joe Gelhardt steals on to Sorba Thomas’s pass, and the finish is perfect.

Joe Gelhardt scores a brilliant opening goal for Hull against Everton. Photograph: Scott Heppell/Reuters
There’s a delay as an officials’ communication check takes place at Hull. The referee has to call over the captains, and the game can resume.
The Premier League match centre says this about that disallowed Everton goal at Hull: “After VAR review, the referee overturned the original decision of goal to Everton – with Johnson in an offside position and deemed to be challenging an opponent for the ball.
“REF: ‘Everton No.22 is in an offside position and challenges Hull No.3. Final decision is offside.’”
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How the hell did that happen? Palace were all over the shop, Pierre Sage headed down the dumper and now Selhurst is rocking. Forest did not score the many goals they might have scored, Walter Benitez standing tall in the Palace nets. And so that’s why that’s where we are.
The story of the half was the disallowed goal, Brennan Johnson in an offside position. Everton had struggled to break the deadlock, and once they had their “goal” ruled out, started to come under Hull pressure.
Palace somehow rampant. Wharton’s corner comes in, and Lerna bundles home. Disaster for Forest, all those missed chances now rued. Matz Sels had just made a brilliant save from Tyrick Mitchell. Here’s VAR, but no, given.

Jefferson Lerma puts Palace in front. What a turnaround. Photograph: David Klein/Reuters
Niall Fogarty gets in touch: “It seems that VAR wants to find reasons to punish Everton. This is the second time in three games VAR has disallowed an EFC goal for incredibly petty reasons… happened last season too.”
Hull 0-0 Everton: Two chances for Hull, first for Joe Gelhardt, firing just wide, and then Nobel Mendy heading wide from a corner. Hull have pushed onwards since that disallowed goal.
Crystal Palace 1-1 Nottingham Forest: Palace had been battered, and had not had a shot for 30 minutes. And yet here we are. It’s been a tough season so far for Glasner at Forest though he took time at Palace, with historic results following by the end.
Where did that come from? Palace put together a passing move, and Kamada slots in, so coolly. Strand Larsen’s flick finds the Japan player, and then Quinten Timber finds the final assist. and Oliver Glasner is aghast. Here’s VAR…and it stands….

Daichi Kamada levels for Palace! Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images
Norrie gets in touch: “Incredibly annoying to see the continued trend today of pundits, players and managers dead-batting with “let’s wait for the appeal.” Let’s not. A three-year process concluded with an emphatic result of overwhelming guilt. If any of these people have any reason as to why an appeal will overturn that - let alone for why City should be allowed to further delay - they should say so.”
Crystal Palace 0-1 Nottingham Forest: While all that VAR was rolling on in Hull, Forest should have had another goal. Morgan Gibbs-White hit the crossbar and Liam Delap cannot beat Walter Benitez when he might have done better. Palace living very dangerously.
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