Tom Cairney’s fine equaliser for Fulham saw Crystal Palace’s winless streak extend to six matches in a 1-1 draw at Selhurst Park.
Palace were bidding to avoid a fourth straight Premier League defeat and Jean-Philippe Mateta handed his side the advantage when he opened the scoring in the 39th minute.
Fulham’s Raul Jimenez hit the post in the second half before Palace defender Maxence Lacroix saw Bernd Leno claw his header on to the crossbar.
However, Marco Silva’s side denied Palace a much-needed win when he struck from the edge of the penalty area with 10 minutes remaining.
Dean Henderson then stopped the visitors from taking all three points in injury time when he produced a fine one-handed stop to deny Timothy Castagne from close range.
The stalemate in south London – which takes Palace and Fulham up to ninth and 10th respectively – was played out against the backdrop of Brennan Johnson closing in on his £35million transfer from Tottenham.
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