10-man Leeds battle to draw against Crystal Palace after missing penalty

[p]A disappointing midweek goalless draw with AEK Larnaca in the UEFA Conference League was not well received by the Selhurst Park faithful, and a largely uneventful first half will have done little to boost the mood.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/leeds/tUxUbLR2/"]Leeds[/a] created the best early opening, as a mistimed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sarr-ismaila/ll2uTDkB/"]Ismaila Sarr[/a] header allowed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/aaronson-brendan/0GqS59FE/"]Brenden Aaronson[/a] to fire a bouncing ball across the face of goal.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/calvert-lewin-dominic/0WmBe6U2/"]Dominic Calvert-Lewin[/a] then saw his header from a promising position well held, shortly before Sarr’s optimistic strike from a tight angle was denied by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/darlow-karl/tCXYzajG/"]Karl Darlow[/a].[/p][p]However, the game sparked into life in the final minutes of the half when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hughes-will/j1OKB8dN/"]Will Hughes[/a] inexplicably handled in the box from a corner.[/p][embed guid="c3d380c7-5a77-47b6-9672-5f166b5e598a" url="https://x.com/premierleague/status/2033195729557098982" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]Calvert-Lewin stepped up to the spot, but despite sending [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/benitez-walter/rVwIjuW2/"]Walter Benitez[/a] the wrong way, he couldn’t guide his low strike on target. [/b][/p][p]Referee Thomas Bramall was then thrust into the limelight when he – perhaps unknowingly – showed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gudmundsson-gabriel/0zzTdK1T/"]Gabriel Gudmundsson[/a] a second yellow card for a late challenge, eventually pulling out a red after encouragement from the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/crystal-palace/AovF1Mia/"]Palace[/a] players.[/p][p]Despite kicking off the second period a man down, Leeds were far from out of the contest and maintained a threat going forward.[/p][p]A mixed reception greeted [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mateta-jean-philippe/nsFUj6GN/"]Jean-Philippe Mateta[/a] as he was introduced from the bench after an hour, with Oliver Glasner looking to press home Palace’s numerical advantage.[/p][p]With time ticking away, it briefly looked like Palace had made the breakthrough, as Darlow clawed away [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lerma-jefferson/Es8aeBs4/"]Jefferson Lerma[/a]’s header, but could do nothing to stop him from powering home a second header on the follow-up.[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="040da9db-f7ef-4545-92be-9cbffc49f223" credit-line="Opta by Stats Perform" guid="a123340d-3abc-469d-94e6-de04b02645c3" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]However, an offside in the build-up from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/johnson-brennan/6XhWIWPP/"]Brennan Johnson[/a] saw that would-be goal swiftly ruled out.[/p][p]That proved to be the last meaningful chance of the match as both sides were forced to settle for a share of the spoils. Concerningly for Palace fans, their side has now won just once – against rock-bottom Wolverhampton Wanderers – in 10 league games since November (D4, L5).[/p][p]A league-high fourth goalless draw at Selhurst Park leaves Glasner’s side 14th, 10 points clear of the drop, but unlikely to trouble the European spots.[/p][p]As for Leeds, a five-match winless league run (D3, L2) is their longest such streak this season, worryingly coming at a time when they are just three points above the danger zone.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stach-anton/h8i6ur8L/"]Anton Stach[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/leeds/tUxUbLR2/"]Leeds United[/a])[/b][/p][image alt="Momentum" id="0cc166ef-eb9f-4456-881b-68c8db709872" credit-line="Opta by Stats Perform" guid="e61055ed-df59-45b9-8cbf-a341cc384c86" original-width="1920" original-height="1080" /][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/crystal-palace-AovF1Mia/leeds-tUxUbLR2/summary/stats/?mid=0EuWc7um"]Catch up on the match stats with Flashscore[/a][/h2]