If Las Vegas is the home of entertainment, Bournemouth owner Bill Foley will be on the next flight back.
The 80 year-old was in the UK to watch this dire affair at Selhurst Park, before sitting down with Andoni Iraola to try and convince the in-demand Basque manager to extend his stay with the Cherries.
Here, Iraola was left frustrated with Bournemouth dropping two crucial points in their race for European football next season.
He said: ‘Probably before the game, it’s not a bad result but considering how the game has gone, we cannot be happy with this point. We’ve missed a big opportunity.
‘I feel we haven’t used the extra player in a proper way. The game didn’t change a lot between the first half and the second.
It’s going to be four, five teams fighting until the end and the margins are going to be very small.’
Bournemouth could not forge a goal vs Crystal Palace, despite the hosts being down to 10 men
Chris Richards was sent off for Palace after receiving a second yellow minutes before half-time
Andoni Iraola’s side failed to keep up momentum against their rivals in the race for Europe
Almost the only moment of note here was when Chris Richards received a second yellow card on the stroke of half-time for pulling back Jutin Kluivert, forcing Oliver Glasner to play the entire second half with 10 men.
In that context and, having conceded five goals in each of their previous two games, the clean sheet will be very welcome for Glasner, whose team travel to Arsenal in midweek before next weekend’s FA Cup Semi Final against Aston Villa.
‘When you enter a game with 10 games in your shoulder in the last two games, it’s not so easy,’ said Glasner.
‘The players showed a great team effort, a great team performance, defending and finding the right moments to try and go forward. I’m very pleased with the commitment, togetherness and spirit in the second half.’
Bournemouth are now without a Premier League win in London in 11 games but, even when both teams had 11 men, they had shown more initiative.
Their best chance of the first half came as Antoine Semenyo’s miss-hit shot ran to Dean Huijsen at the back post but the ball hit against the thigh of the tall defender, without him knowing much about it, and Palace cleared.
In the second, Evanilson went close when his looping cross dropped just beyond the far post from Adam Smith’s cross.
Their only credible threat was from set-pieces and a series of corners offered the home crowd some hope but Bournemouth also proved resolute.
