Frustrated Newcastle draw little comfort from Palace stalemate

If this was a boxing match, it would have been stopped in the sixth, such was the punishment Palace manfully soaked up from hosts who did everything but score

STARS IN STRIPES: Crystal Palace's Joel Ward and Newcastle's Elliot Anderson battle for possession at St James' Park.

Premier League: Newcastle 0 Crystal Palace 0.

EDDIE Howe was again left to bemoan the intervention of VAR but Alexander Isak was the chief culprit in Newcastle's failure to shake off their increasing propensity to share the spoils.