Crystal Palace draw again but Wilfried Zaha and Michael Olise prove Patrick Vieira right

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.

But despite taking the lead inside ten minutes Vieira’s side couldn’t add to their lead for the rest of the match despite making several inroads.

“It’s not something specific it’s a bit of three or four areas we need to work on and clarify,” said Vieira when asked what he made of his side’s fortunes in front of goal. “I think it’s a little bit of us making the right decision, a little bit of quality in the last pass.

"What is important is not to concede goals first, and then taking your chances and score. Today we had a couple chances at the end and with a better decision and more quality we could win the game.”

It was little surprise that Wilfried Zaha and Michael Olise - Palace’s two brightest attacking talents over the last month - posed Burnley the most problems, and it was their combination work, switching the ball from one wing to another, which gave the hosts their best opportunities in front of goal.

In the first half Olise took centre stage playing on the right wing, wriggling free of Erik Pieters inside the first ten minutes to put the ball on a plate for Jeffrey Schlupp to divert home the