Leeds United and Crystal Palace played out a goalless draw at Selhurst Park on Sunday lunchtime, but despite the lack of goals, it still produced more than its fair share of drama. With the half?time whistle looming, Will?Hughes’ instinctive hand?ball was spotted by referee Tom?Bramall, who pointed to the spot for the visitors. Striker Dominic?Calvert?Lewin, back in the side after missing Leeds’ FA Cup win over Norwich stepped up, only to fire his penalty wide, handing Palace a massive psychological boost.

The chaos didn’t stop there. Within seconds the referee faced a flurry of contentious decisions involving Ismaila?Sarr. First, trying to get Jaka?Bijol sent off for a second yellow, as the Senegal winger rolled around on the grass clutching his face, then a minute or so later, successfully duping the referee, which saw Gabriel?Gudmundsson go for an early bath. Walter?Benítez, making his debut between the stick for the hosts, produced several sharp saves, including a crucial fingertip block of a Calvert?Lewin header that kept the scores even.

Even when reduced to ten men, Leeds, showed resilience despite being reduced to ten men, tightening up defensively and limiting Palace to a solitary shot on target for the rest of the match. Palace thought they had won it when Jefferson?Lerma headed the ball home, from a well executed corner but the goal was disallowed after a quick review showed Johnson off?side in the build?up. The decision left Leeds with a valuable point, the same as Forest (0-0 against Fulham) and Spurs 1-1 at Anfield).

	Line Up		Nat	Match Events
	26	Darlow, Karl Goalkeeper			6.7
	24	Justin, James Defender			6.8
	3	Gudmundsson, Gabriel Defender			5.4
	6	Rodon, Joe Defender			8.5
	15	Bijol, Jaka Defender			6.4
	5	Struijk, Pascal Defender			7.7
	4	Ampadu, Ethan Midfielder			7.6
	18	Stach, Anton Midfielder			8.0
	11	Aaronson, Brenden Midfielder			5.2
	14	Nmecha, Lukas Forward			5.8
	9	Calvert-Lewin, Dominic Forward			6.2
	Subs		Nat	Match Events
	1	Perri, Lucas Goalkeeper		Unused Sub
	2	Bogle, Jayden Defender			5.9
	23	Bornauw, Sebastiaan Defender		Unused Sub
	8	Longstaff, Sean Midfielder		Unused Sub
	44	Gruev, Ilia Midfielder			6.7
	22	Tanaka, Ao Midfielder		Unused Sub
	7	James, Daniel Midfielder		Unused Sub
	29	Gnonto, Wilfried Midfielder		Unused Sub
	10	Piroe, Joel Forward		Unused Sub