He hesitated when coming out for a ball over the top, allowing Morgan Rogers the advantage; Palmer eventually sprinted out of his box but the Aston Villa forward knocked the ball past him and went over, there was minimal contact but a less lenient referee could have penalised the goalkeeper and sent him off.
Unfortunately, it was neither Marcus Rashford nor Marco Asensio that shone brightest, instead goalkeeper Alex Palmer stole the show with a string of superb saves to earn 10-man Ipswich a hard-fought point.
For Ipswich, the only thing they could do from this point was waste as much time as possible and stick the remaining 10 players behind the ball in the hope of keeping Villa at bay, further complicated by the arrival of Asensio.
Liam Delap gave the away side a shock lead as Rashford’s former schoolmate Axel Tuanzebe had been sent off for two bookable offences but Ollie Watkins was on hand to equalise from one of his side’s many chances.
Villa kept coming but blue shirts and limbs blocked their path, and a stunning 93rd minute stop from Palmer that physicists would struggle to explain.
