Crystal Palace fell to a 1-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur in the torrential rain at Selhurst Park.

Juan Foyth scored his first goal for his club just after the hour in a match which saw both sides struggle with the south London conditions.

Roy Hodgson’s side will feel, once again, that they created enough chances even with the absence of Wilfried Zaha to injrury, to earn a point but a handful of wasteful finishing ultimately cost his side.

The result leaves Palace level on points with Southampton and Cardiff City 16th in the league ahead of the international break.

The first 45 was a cagey affair with both sides seemingly getting used to the south London elements. In the torrential rain, it was Palace who had the first effort of meaning on the quarter hour.

A long ball by Mamadou Sakho evaded the Spurs defence and Andros Townsend, playing as a striker, latched on to it but only managed to find the side netting from the angle.

The away side grew and for the remainder of the half were camped in Palace territory. Moussa Sissoko came close on 20minutes. Evading the challenge of three players, very fortuitously, he cut inside from the left and got his shot off only for Sakho to put in a great block.

Dele Alli should’ve done better with his head after some neat work from Ben Davies down the left but could only nod his effort wide from six yards out.

Harry Kane then saw a long range effort parried away by Wayne Hennessey after the England captain dispossessed Luka Milivojevic who couldn’t hear the ‘man-on’ shouts from the twenty-thousand plus crowd.

The second-half saw Hodgson’s men start much brighter.

James Tomkins, who seemed to be limping from a challenge in the first half, rose high at the back post from a corner but could only find the roof netting after the Hugo Lloris was found in no mans land.

That was Tomkins’ last contribution before being replaced by Martin Kelly on the hour.

The goal came from a set piece against the run of play on 63-minutes.

Foyth was the first to react after a Harry Kane header was blocked on the line only to kindly fall for the Argentinian who wanted it more than the static Jordan Ayew on the post.

Hodgson sent on Jeffrey Schlupp and Alexander Sorloth for the ineffective Max Meyer and James McArthur in search for an equaliser and they very nearly combined to level.

Sorloth teed up Schlupp but Lloris was equal to it as he palmed wide.

Townsend came close but his tame volley was easily held by the Frenchman in goal who had the baying crowd on his back for the entire match.

Sorloth nearly earnt his side a point at the death, but one-on-one he fired straight at Lloris and with it the chance of a draw.