It may not have been the result Frank de Boer wanted as his future as Crystal Palace manager rests on the edge of a knife, but this was not the calamity-ridden football seen in the opening weeks of the season, but rather an assured performance unfortunately hit by some seriously bad luck.
Chris Wood scored the only goal of the game in Burnley’s 1-0 win over Palace after he latched on to Lee Chung-Yong’s aimless back-pass to fire past Wayne Hennessey inside the opening five minutes, but Palace had more than enough chances to secure the share of the spoils were it not for some fine goalkeeping from Nick Pope, who replaced the injured Tom Heaton midway through the first-half, and a series of ridiculous misses.