City put in a far more spirited performance at Selhurst Park than the dire defeat at the hands of Leicster a few days ago.

Dave Jones made four changes with Loovens, Sinclair, Scimeca and Thompson all starting the game in place of Purse, Ramsey, Rae and Hasselbaink respectively.

City outshone the home side with a 3 - 1 ratio of efforst on goal but neither side could find the net.

On the downside it's 4 league games without a goal and just 2 points collected from the last 18. On the plus side it was a far better performance and one that should have resulted in a victory.

Next up the FA Cup. City are at Middlesbrough on Sunday with the winners facing a trip to Wembley for the semi finals.