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Neil Warnock hails 'most complete' Crystal Palace display vs. Tottenham

Neil Warnock intends to let his Crystal Palace players enjoy their Christmas party after seeing them out-play Tottenham and leave with a well-deserved draw at White Hart lane on Saturday.

The Eagles' boss was left a little frustrated that his side could not take all three points having created the best chances against a flat Spurs outfit who have now failed to win five of their eight Premier League home games so far this season after this 0-0 stalemate.

Scott Dann and Yannick Bolasie both forced fantastic saves out of Hugo Lloris, with substitute Jason Puncheon hitting the crossbar and having an effort chalked off for offside as Palace looked for a first win at White Hart Lane since 1997.

The hosts were less creative in attack and barely tested Julian Speroni in the Palace goal with a Christian Eriksen free kick, easily punched away by the Argentinian, arguably their best effort of an instantly forgettable afternoon.

Despite having beaten Liverpool in recent weeks, Warnock pointed to this display as the best since his return to Selhurst Park and revealed he will not be cancelling Christmas after a performance he felt warranted a win.

"We have improved, that is probably the most complete performance,'' he said. "Against Liverpool we scored the goals but today, I could tell in the dressing room that we were focused and knew what we were doing. We wanted to attack them, the game was there to be won today and we started on a positive note.

"There goalkeeper has made some fantastic saves, you have got to take your hat off. So it is frustrating but we have just got to believe in ourselves and the lads do. I can't fault them today.

"It is a good dressing room -- I also told them that if they didn't get a result today they couldn't go on their Christmas do, so that might have been why they gave everything I don't really know!"

The 3-1 win over Liverpool remains Palace's only victory in their last eight games and they sit just one point clear of the bottom three in 15th place, but Warnock is pleased with his squad.

"I think we have done well,'' he added. "We went to Swansea and upset them, we are quite capable. If we had taken our chances at Old Trafford we may have upset Manchester United as well.

"It is about trying to be the best with what we have got. They are a great group, the skipper [Mile Jedinak] is a leader and we don't suffer fools gladly."

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