If Fulham end up being relegated this season, Scott Parker may well look back at this match as the one that got away. Another strong performance that stretched their unbeaten run to five matches and moved them another point closer to potential safety should really have resulted in Parker’s side claiming a crucial victory had it not been for some wasteful finishing.
Yet this Crystal Palace team is, like their manager, nothing but obdurate and another masterful display of team organisation means an eighth successive season in the
Premier League is almost assured already. “We showed a real desire not to lose,” said Roy Hodgson.