ALAN PARDEW is sure Crystal Palace will investigate the alleged coin throwing incident that "could have blinded" Newcastle skipper Fabricio Coloccini at Selhurst Park.
The Argentine was struck by an object thrown from the home end as he celebrated Papiss Cisse's opener on Wednesday evening.
And Palace boss Pardew, along with Newcastle manager John Carver were quick to slam the actions of one individual in the crowd.
"I saw the referee come over to the linesman and hand him something," Pardew said.
"It would be a shame if that was an incident – a random fan acting poorly [and] if that is the case, that is unusual for this club because we have a great record of behaviour. I am sure we will look into it."
"It misses Colo's eye by an inch," Carver added. "Another inch and it could blind him.
"What is disappointing from their point of view is that they have an unbelievable crowd here, an unbelievable atmosphere."
Cisse headed in Daryl Janmaat's cross on 42 minutes before Fraizer Campbell poked in a Yannick Bolasie cross with 19 minutes left in the 1-1 draw.
Unsurprisingly there were some negative chants from the Toon Army fans directed at Pardew during the game, but he was not overly concerned.
"It was normal crowd banter," he said.
"I am enjoying myself here though. They gave me a great reception. The most important thing for us was another point.
"There's a battle on our hands and it's hotting up down there."
