Nketiah and Eze on target on Palace party night

LONDON - Eddie Nketiah scored twice on Crystal Palaces party night as they celebrated their FA Cup triumph in style with a 4-2 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League on Tuesday.

Palaces last home game of the season came three days after they beat Manchester City at Wembley to claim the first major silverware in the south London clubs history and there were euphoric scenes as they hit back to take the three points.

The carnival atmosphere was interrupted briefly when Wolves took the lead through Emmanuel Agbadous 24th-minute header but Selhurst Park was really rocking when Nketiah struck twice in the space of five minutes before halftime.

Ben Chilwells free kick deflected off of Agbadous head to make it 3-1 in the 50th minute and the noise in the stadium barely diminished when Wolves reduced the deficit with a glancing header from Jorgen Strand Larsen.

Twelfth-placed Palace, who made six changes to the side that started against City, brought on Cup final goal hero Eberechi Eze in the 81st minute and he put the icing on the cake with a clinical angled finish after a jinking run.

Oliver Glasners side have 52 points, the highest total Palace have collected in the Premier League, and they will end a momentous season at champions Liverpool on Sunday.

After the historic events of Saturday it looked like Palace might be suffering an FA Cup hangover when Agbadous header from a corner just about crossed the line.

Nketiah came off the bench at Wembley and had been on the fringes at Palace but he was given a start and took full advantage to score his first league goals for three months.

Three minutes after Palace fell behind, former Arsenal forward Nketiah received a cut back from Romain Esse and fired a