A broken curse
Finally the 'concede first curse' was broken and the relief among the Spurs players seemed to burst open the floodgates for a team that did not look capable of coming close to a goal just a few days earlier.
The first half was a mixed bag, with a bright start at what has always been a tough place to go in Selhurst Park, only for the second 20 minutes or so of that period to be tough for Spurs and they had to defend resolutely to keep Palace out.
