Sunday's victory at rivals Brighton had provided a much-needed lift for Oliver Glasner and his Crystal Palace players.
But, on his 100th game in charge of the club, the Austrian - who is leaving the club at the end of the season - was brought back down to earth with the heaviest of bumps after Burnley's extraordinary first-half fightback at Selhurst Park.
It was all going so well for the Eagles, who appeared to be heading for back-to-back victories after Jorgen Strand Larsen's first-half double.
Had Palace held on, they would actually have been two points better off than they were at the same stage last season.
As it happens, they are now just eight points clear of the bottom three – still a comfortable cushion, but not comfortable enough for a side with only one win in all competitions since 11 December.
If Wolves manage to pull a leaf out of Burnley's book in Palace's next league game on 22 February, alarm bells really will start ringing.