Everton’s miserable season on the pitch looked like taking a further turn for the worse when they fell behind and the team were loudly jeered off by the home faithful at the interval.
Dyche has been supported by the club’s hierarchy, with his position deemed as “safe”, but fans’ opinion of their boss was verging on perilous at half-time.
The former Burnley manager was in desperate need of a victory and needed to change the set-up or personnel in order to get a stranglehold in the game.
He took off Dane Jesper Lindstrom, who struggled badly in his 45 minutes, and replaced him with Jack Harrison, which worked wonders for the side.
McNeil’s first goal was a pot shot out of the blue two minutes into the second period, giving Henderson no chance, while Harrison provided the assist for their next goal by picking out his team-mate at the far post.
Star centre-back Jarrad Branthwaite made his first appearance of the season and showed no issues of the groin injury which has held him back, as Everton added to their good record over Palace, with only one defeat in their past 20 meetings.