January 25 2006
The huddle
Crystal Palace lost ground on the leaders after being held to a 0-0 draw at Southampton.
Palace maintained their unbeaten run of one defeat in 11 games but were left to rue a number of missed chances.
ANDY JOHNSON missed the target with a lobbed effort over keeper Bartosz Bialowski after 20 minutes. Seconds later, an unmarked Kenwyne Jones nodded wide for the Saints. And right on half-time Marian Pahars forced Gabor Kiraly into a decent stop.
Three minutes into the second period, JOHNSON volleyed Michael Hughes' cross over and on 64 fired Wayne Andrews' pass off target.
On 73, Jobi McAnuff went close after a surging run and cross into the box as JOHNSON couldn't follow-up the rebound.
Eight minutes from time, Dougie Freedman set up JOHNSON to score, but the "goal" was disallowed for offside.
Kiraly kept Palace in the game with a fine stop to thwart Pahars in the 89th minute, before deep into added time, JOHNSON wasted a near-perfect Hughes' cross to nod over.
Palace: Kiraly, Hall, Hudson, Ward, Boyce, Soares, Watson (Andrews 62), Hughes, McAnuff (Morrison 84), JOHNSON, Macken (Freedman 62).
Subs Not Used: Speroni, Leigertwood.
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