It is unlikely anyone here will remember this game fondly in years to come. Bournemouth missed the chance to make up ground in the race for European football next season as 10-man Crystal Palace stood firm after a week in which they conceded five goals in two matches.
A red card for Chris Richards at the end of the first half left Oliver Glasner’s side with an uphill task to make it five successive home wins after the referee, Sam Barrott, had bizarrely decided against meting out the same punishment to Bournemouth’s Alex Scott. But while some of Palace’s players looked like their minds were on next weekend’s trip to Wembley, Andoni Iraola will be frustrated that his team could not take advantage as they failed to win for an 11th successive game in London since their triumph here in December 2023.
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