Burnley came from behind to beat Crystal Palace 4-2 at Turf Moor and move back into the Championship play-off spots.
Burnley come from behind to beat Palace
Burnley came from behind to beat Crystal Palace 4-2 at Turf Moor and move back into the Championship play-off spots.
Palace had taken a 2-0 lead thanks to Shefki Kuqi and an own goal from Clive Carlisle.
But Owen Coyle's men battled back, with Carlisle pulling one back before goals from Graham Alexander, Steven Thompson and Jay Rodriguez sealed the win.
With a chance to climb into the top six, Coyle signalled his intent by playing three strikers.
Thompson sent Elliott through early on but his pass had just too much on it and Julian Speroni in the Palace goal cleared to safety.
There were no real attempts on either goal until a neat interchange of passes between Chris McCann and Alexander in the 14th minute resulted in Elliott stinging the palms of Speroni.
Eagles frontman Anthony Stokes fired a speculative efforts towards goal from 25 yards but his curling shot was tipped over the crossbar by Brian Jensen.
The away side took the lead in the 26th minute when Carlisle and Jensen failed to deal with a long ball by Clint Hill.
Jensen hesitated and Carlisle allowed the ball to run to Kuqi who made no mistake in finding the net.
And they doubled their lead in the 35th minute when a Paul Ifill drive was diverted into the net by the outstretched leg of Carlisle.
Back in the game
But the hosts pulled one back six minutes before the interval when Carlisle headed home.
After a volleyed effort from Elliott had come back off the crossbar, the Burnley defender reacted quickest to leave the score 2-1.
Burnley peppered the Palace box with a series of testing crosses, while Robbie Blake went close with a trademark free-kick and Williams volleyed just wide as the home side looked for a leveller.
The home crowd were incensed when, after a series of decisions went against them, Jose Fonte only escaped with yellow after hauling down Blake as he advanced towards goal.
But they pulled level in controversial circumstances when Hill was adjudged to have pushed Thompson in the box.
Referee Carl Boyeson waved the penalty claim away before the linesman flagged. The referee then pointed to the spot and Alexander made no mistake in smashing the penalty past Speroni.
And two minutes from time the comeback was complete with Eagles supplying a fine ball into Thompson.
The Clarets forward controlled the ball on his chest with his back to goal, manoeuvred away from two Palace defenders and smashed past Speroni.
And a fourth for the Clarets in injury time put the game beyond doubt, Rodriguez breaking through the Palace ranks before slotting home.
