Watch: Benítez's stunning stop and other memorable saves

With the Palace 'keeper on the deck after Morgan Gibbs-White's shot rattled the crossbar, Delap looked a certain scorer from a few yards out.

A goal at that point would have put Forest 2-0 up and left the Eagles with an uphill battle. But Benítez had other ideas.

Delap had the goal at his mercy and opted for power, only for the Argentine to leap to his feet and somehow prevent the ball from crossing the line with a reaction save.

Forest's players were left in disbelief, while the majority of Selhurst Park celebrated a momentous stop. It proved something of a turning point in the contest. Only a few minutes later, Palace turned the game around.

“I can't remember too much because the ball was so fast, so close,” Benítez said to Sky Sports. “But I tried to do my best, help the team, and I tried to keep my whole body behind the ball.

“I hoped I’d save it. I'm happy for this and for the win, of course.”

With Benítez's stunning stop fresh in the mind, here are a few others that stand out from recent times in the Premier League.

Vicente Guaita, v Burnley 2021

Some saves are great because of their technical excellence. Others are made by the situation.

This save from Guaita away at Burnley earned the Eagles a valuable point in the dying seconds.

The trip to Turf Moor in November 2021 was a classic with the two sides sharing six goals.

Christian Benteke's deflected effort gave Palace an early lead before Burnley hit back with headers from Ben Mee and Chris Wood.

The Eagles surged back to lead at the break thanks to Benteke's second and Marc Guéhi's first goal for the club – only for Maxwell Cornet to level the score again.

So when Matej Vydra got on the end of Josh Brownhill's lofted ball in the dying moments, it looked as if Palace were about to suffer late heartbreak in Lancashire.

The Burnley forward shot for goal, only for Guaita to react superbly and tip the ball around the post. In a defining moment, the Palace stopper had come up big for his team.

Dean Henderson, v Liverpool 2025

The day Palace knocked off the Premier League champions and made it 18 games unbeaten in all competitions.

Eddie Nketiah's winner, virtually with the last kick of the game, may have won the day. But if it wasn't for a stunning save from Henderson, Liverpool may well have left South London with all three points.

In the 19th minute against the reigning Premier League champions, with Ismaïla Sarr having already put Palace ahead, Mo Salah had a free-kick blocked from the edge of the box, and the ball spun out to Gravenberch, who set himself and fired a rocket of a rising effort goalwards.

Henderson, remarkably, sprung high to his right to get a fingertip on the strike, and turn it onto the woodwork – keeping his team in the lead, and giving them a platform to go on and dominate the rest of the half.

It was later nominated for Premier League Save of the Month.

Julian Speroni, v Burnley 2014

We couldn't run through classic Palace Premier League saves without a stop from Speroni.

Whilst there are plenty to choose from, it seems fitting to include a penalty save on this list.

And you won't find many better than his stunning one-handed stop to keep out Scott Arfield's firmly struck penalty in the 85th minute.

The Argentine was always capable of producing a big save at the vital moment. His stop to deny Troy Deeney in the 2013 Championship play-off final was another memorable example