Dominic Calvert-Lewin missed a penalty and Gabriel Gudmundsson was sent off in a chaotic five-minute spell before half-time as Leeds and Crystal Palace played out a goalless draw at Selhurst Park.

As the half-time interval beckoned, a lifeless 45 minutes suddenly burst into life as Will Hughes' curious use of his hand to defend a corner was punished with a penalty awarded to Leeds. Calvert-Lewin, who returned to the side after missing Leeds' FA Cup win against Norwich, fired well wide of the mark.

A frantic spell quickly followed, with two decisions involving Ismaila Sarr, heaping pressure on referee Tom Bramall. The first saw the official decide against giving Jaka Bijol a second yellow for bringing down Sarr. An irate Selhurst Park raised the volume to let their opinions be known.

However, just moments later, Gudmundsson, who had already been booked for an earlier challenge on Brennan Johnson, mistimed a challenge on Sarr.

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After some confusion and seemingly having to be reminded that Gudmundsson was walking a tight rope, Bramall brandished a second yellow card - a decision Jaydee Canvot celebrated wildly as Gudmundsson made his way back into the dressing room.

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Before the dramatic spell at the end of the first half, the only moment of entertainment came from Walter Benitez's goalkeeping. The keeper, making his Premier League debut coming in for an ill Dean Henderson, just about kept out a Calvert-Lewin header.

Leeds remained resolute despite being a man shy. Jefferson Lerma thought he had netted the winner from a well-worked Palace set-piece routine but the goal was chalked off with Johnson offside in the build-up.

And while Leeds earned a valuable point in their bid for Premier League survival, Palace recorded back-to-back home goalless draws.

Glasner critical of 'nervous' Palace display

Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner said his side's nervousness contributed to their lack of composure in front of goal.

"We were not completely satisfied with today's result and also with our performance in the second half," he said.

"In the first half, overall it was maybe not the prettiest football game in the world. A lot of duels, second balls, set-plays, but I was really pleased with how we coped with the physicality today.

"It was much better than in the second half. We had a lot of possession, but it's an issue we have. We know what we are working on in training and in the video sessions to move the ball quicker, to be quicker in the areas where we have space and then of course going into the box, but for me it feels a little bit nervous.

"We need to score, we want to score, we have to win because we are one player up and then we are just taking bad decisions and we are losing our structure.

"That's how we are crossing when we are not in the right positions there and we are not in the right positions behind the ball, so we clear it to get the second ball, we make a foul, they kick a long ball, we clear it to get the long throw-in.

"This was a little bit the story of the second half and then staying calmer, preparing the situations and then finding the right moment to attack the box, to attack the right spaces."

Farke: I can trust these players with my life

Leeds boss Daniel Farke expressed pride in his side's performance after the game:

"It was another day that has proved why I would trust my boys, even with my life, because I can always count on them.

"We are perhaps not perfect and flawless, otherwise it would have been a neat half-time.

"But how we adapted to the strange circumstances also in the second half, that we had to play the whole second half under load and had to accept some strange decisions today, to show such a mentality and such a unity... [we] didn't give any chances away.

"I think it was one of the rare games where the team that had to play for such a long period under load even had more expected goals than the home team, who was more or less chasing the game.

"We didn't give clear-cut chances away here and there, perhaps sometimes a shot or a set-piece, but not really chances. It was the other way round, I got the feeling.

"So even in the second half, we were sometimes close, also perhaps to score the winning goal. I'm just proud of this performance and how united we were today again.

"The spirit that we showed, also the quality, the structure in the defending. Before the game, I told the lads we had travelled here in order to win this game of football because I was full of confidence and belief in my players."

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