Wilfried Zaha inspired Crystal Palace to a dramatic injury time win over Coventry City as the Eagles came from behind to win 2-1.

The 18-year-old’s driving runs and shots set up goals for Sean Scannell in the 90th minute and Jermaine Easter in the 95th to mark an incredible comeback and secure a deserved three points.

He can expect a few hugs from Julian Speroni in the dressing room, whose howler had given Coventry the lead completely against the run of play three minutes after half time.

But three points was no more than Dougie Freedman’s men merited as they carried their fine form from Saturday’s win over Burnley into tonight.

At times the Eagles played like Barcelona, spraying the ball around midfield, pressing Coventry into mistakes and oozing confidence.

But they struggled to break down a resilient Coventry side, who set themselves up for the draw.

Owen Garvan, again orchestrating proceedings from midfield, had their first pop at goal but fired wide from 20 yards.

Coventry then settled and Martin Crainie headed over before they were forced to bring Josh Ruffels on for Gary McSheffrey.

The midfielder joined fellow 17-year-olds Connor Thomas and Gael Bigirimana and 18-year-old Cyrus Christie on the pitch for the visitors.

Scannell then decided to take matters into his own hands, seeing one shot saved, one deflected wide and the ball taken off his head just as he looked set to score.

Kagisho Dikgacoi, playing right wing in place of the injured Darren Ambrose, limped off before half time to be replaced by Zaha, who immediately showed the pace and energy that had been lacking in the minutes leading up to the change.

Palace had been dominant in the opening period and Coventry’s frustration at not touching the ball boiled over when Bigirimana hacked down Easter and was booked.

The game changed on its head three minutes after half-time though as Speroni, so often the hero in south London, fluffed his lines at Cyrus Christie’s cross and the ball, via a few deflections, found its way into the net.

Claims for a push by Lukas Jutkiewicz went unheard to leave fans, players and management stunned.

Freedman responded by handing Mile Jedinak his debut in place of David Wright but the tall Australian struggled to get up to speed on his first appearance in English football.

Scannell and Zaha were causing havoc together and when the former’s shot found its way to Paddy McCarthy, the captain must have thought he would score on his 100th appearance for the club but found Bigirimana in his way.

Teenage Welshman Jon Williams was then handed his debut off the bench, impressing as he buzzed around midfield, looking for the ball at every opportunity.

It was one way traffic but Jedinak’s mistake gave Sam Clingan a chance to double the lead from a free kick but Speroni was equal to it.

Jutkiewicz could have put the result beyond doubt but twice found his way blocked by Speroni when through on goal, the Argentine earning some redemption for his earlier mistake.

Jutkiewicz was made to pay for those misses though as the Eagles, including a limping Garvan, produced a scintillating finish.

As the game entered the 90th minute, Williams weaved his way across the top of the box, playing a one-two with Jedinak and feeding Zaha.

As he so often does, Zaha found space for a shot and when Joe Murphy could only parry it, Easter saw his effort blocked and Scannell followed up with a spectacular scissor kick to draw his team level.

With the last kick of the game, Palace then won it.

Zaha ran around his man, into the box and fired across goal again, Murphy parried and Easter toe-poked in on the line to spark jubilant celebrations around Selhurst.