Christian Benteke saved Crystal Palace from a shock FA Cup exit at the hands of Bolton.
Palace were heading for defeat against League One side Bolton before Benteke came off the bench to score twice and spare their blushes.
Bolton had taken the lead at the start of the second half through James Henry but Benteke came to the rescue to give Sam Allardyce his first win as Palace manager.
Palace scraped through to set up a fourth-round tie with Manchester City at Selhurst Park but this was another poor display.
Allardyce made seven changes to the side that collapsed at West Ham but Palace should not have made this as difficult as they did.
There was a feeling of relief around Selhurst Park which summed up a difficult night.
Palace were given an early scare when Josh Vela went close from the edge of the area and they laboured for most of a pretty poor first half.
Sullay Kaikai, making his first Palace start, curled the free-kick inches wide of the far post in the best chance of the opening 45 minutes.
Palace had the ball in the net on 31 minutes when Joe Ledley bundled home from the corner but the goal was disallowed for handball and Ledley was booked.
Allardyce would not have been happy with what he had seen in the first half and Palace found themselves in big trouble two minutes into the second half.
Henry, the former Millwall midfielder, caught out Julian Speroni from range and found the top corner to put Bolton in front.
Allardyce had seen enough and made a triple change after 62 minutes. Benteke, Jason Puncheon and James Tomkins came on for Loic Remy, Ledley and Damien Delaney.
Benteke equalised six minutes later.
Mathieu Flamini hung up a cross to the back post and Benteke powered home his first goal in over a month.
And Benteke won it for Palace on 77 minutes when he turned home an Andros Townsend cross with a smart finish.
Bolton had chances to equalise late on but Palace survived.
Attention now turns to a crucial Premier League game with Everton on Saturday.
