Jean-Philippe Mateta scored on his first start since the opening day but Crystal Palace could not capitalize on a Besiktas red card to produce a winner in their 2-2 Europa League draw in Istanbul.
Palace were looking to bounce back from Sunday’s humiliating 5-0 defeat at Brighton, and were the superior side before Wilfred Ndidi opened the scoring for the hosts in first-half stoppage time.
Yeremy Pino drew the sides level six minutes after the restart and Mateta – who had a first-half goal chalked off by VAR – fired Palace to a first-time lead four minutes later.
Junior Olaitan netted a 73rd-minute equalizer, and Palace could not complete a second comeback after Umit Akdag was sent off for a clumsy 77th-minute challenge on Jorgen Strand Larsen, who was subsequently forced off.
There were sweeping changes for the hosts from Monday’s defeat to Trabzonspor as Vincenzo Italiano introduced nine different starters.
Mateta thought he had scored his first goal since the Conference League winner in May until a VAR check deemed him to be marginally offside in the build-up.