A vastly improved performance after last week's thrashing against Sunderland was not enough for Crystal Palace to get a point at Stoke City.
Crystal Palace failed to steal a march on their relegation rivals as Joe Allen earned Stoke City a hard-fought 1-0 victory at the bet365 Stadium on Saturday.
With Hull City and Sunderland suffering defeats against Arsenal and Southampton respectively, Palace had an opportunity to move out of the drop zone with a win, but Allen's career-best sixth Premier League goal of the season denied them a point and leaves the Eagles 19th.
Despite being without injured captain Scott Dann and having switched to a back four, Palace showed greater resilience than they did in crumbling to a 4-0 loss at home to Sunderland last time out.