Unai Emery believes Aston Villa can take positives from their goalless draw at Crystal Palace, despite missing the opportunity to truly cut the gap to Premier League leaders Arsenal.<\/p>\n Villa were held to a stalemate in a competitive affair at Selhurst Park, with the in-form Ollie Watkins seeing a headed effort agonisingly denied by the woodwork late on.<\/p>\n With Manchester City dropping points to Brighton in another of Wednesday\u2019s Premier League matches, Villa had the chance to move up to second in the table, but now remain in third.<\/p>\n Brennan Johnson, meanwhile, came close for Palace on his home debut as he was denied by a stellar Emiliano Martinez save in the first half.<\/p>\n \u201cWe played the first half dominating and had control of the game, with possession and time to get our good positioning and through passes to create chances,\u201d Emery told Sky Sports. <\/p>\n \u201cI think in the last 10 minutes we had chances to win the match. One point is something that can give us confidence to keep going.<\/p>\n \u201cWe didn\u2019t create a lot but enough to score one goal and we didn\u2019t give them a lot of chances.<\/p>\n \u201cThey only had one transition and one good chance, but we saved it.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the second half we started well but they were pushing us and creating more chances in our box. Not clear chances, but we needed to react and the players reacted in the last 15 minutes to try and get the win.\u201d<\/p>\n Wednesday\u2019s stalemate saw Villa\u2019s scoring run of 10 Premier League games come to an end as Emery\u2019s side drew a blank for the first time since a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Liverpool in November.<\/p>\n It also furthered Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner\u2019s strong record over the Spaniard, who remains winless in seven top-flight games (D2 L5) \u2013 his worst winless record against any other coach.<\/p>\n The Boss\u2019 thoughts following tonight\u2019s point against Crystal Palace pic.twitter.com\/BrW39kXRNW<\/a><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/wp-content\/themes\/SN\/images\/300x250_HR.gif\")
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