Crystal Palace were left painfully frustrated following a match in which they saw chance after chance narrowly missed or heroicly prevented in a thoroughly frustrating 0-0 draw with Neil Warnock's Cardiff City.
Despite launching a relentless series of attacks in the game's second-half, it would only be a point given to Palace fans as a late Christmas present instead of the deserved three.
Palace started the game in lightning fast fashion and almost opened the day's account within one minute after Wilfried Zaha turned and flicked the ball well to Andros Townsend who latched onto it smartly before poking just over 'keeper Neil Etheridge only to be denied by the Bluebirds' crossbar.