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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ed Aarons at Selhurst Park

Leeds scrap their way to precious point despite Crystal Palace’s late push

Joel Ward clashes with Daniel James and Raphinha in one of the many flashpoints during a feisty game at Selhurst Park.
Joel Ward clashes with Daniel James and Raphinha in one of the many flashpoints during a feisty game at Selhurst Park. Photograph: Holly Allison/TPI/Shutterstock

If avoiding relegation is about rolling your sleeves up and fighting for everything then, on this evidence, Leeds should just about make it.

A second successive clean sheet on the road earned Jesse Marsch’s side a point that could prove priceless. It definitely wasn’t pretty on a night when tempers frayed on both sides, although with Crystal Palace having now moved even closer to rubber-stamping their Premier League status for another season there was no reason for Patrick Vieira to complain other than perhaps the below-par performance of the referee.

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