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Crystal Palace were forced to settle for a point after a frustrating goalless draw against newly promoted Sunderland at Selhurst Park.
Palace had the better chances but an overall lack of quality in the final third, and Robin Roefs' heroics saw a dominant Eagles side frustrated.
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There was no better chance than Yeremy Pino's first-half one-on-one. The summer signing from Villarreal made his full debut for Palace after impressing off the bench during the international break.
It almost turned into a dream start to life for the Spain international when Daichi Kamada poked a ball into his path. However, in a chance that appeared harder to miss, he was wide of the mark.
Palace's new No 10 will look back on his full debut as a frustrating one, where he showed sparks of what the £26m signing could bring.
In the second half, his magnificent drop of the shoulder to beat Granit Xhaka was a bright spark but the resulting pass into the path of Jean-Phillipe Mateta left a lot to be desired.
Mateta very nearly broke the deadlock late on, however. Daniel Munoz's fired cross into the box deflected into his path but Roefs made the save - with his shoulder - in a sequence he knew very little about.
Roefs was in inspired form throughout, though, keeping out efforts from Kamada, and substitute Christantus Uche late on, while his counterpart Dean Henderson, in the other net, remained relatively untested.
Despite a late push, Palace were unable to find a breakthrough. The draw means Palace maintain their unbeaten start to the season but stay below Sunderland in the table, having taken six points to the Black Cats' seven this term.
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