Although he’s not usually one for proverbs Patrick Vieira summed Crystal Palace’s display against Burnley using the age-old “if you can’t win the game, make sure you don’t lose it.”
In a sense, he is right. Although the Eagles couldn’t recapture the same clinical edge they had against Watford in midweek, they were - for the most part - resolute in keeping Burnley’s chances to a minimum at Selhurst Park.
That resulted in Palace going into their shell somewhat in the second half, failing to live up to the attacking display they showed during in the first 45 minutes where Burnley barely had a foothold in the game.
