A game in which so little happened could yet come to prove pivotal for West Ham but in a good way or bad?
How Hammers fans come to view this result will be determined by whether or not they stay up – were they in a more comfortable position, it’s doubtful they would remember it at all.
The visitors were the better side in the first half and moved the ball nicely but failed to turn some promising openings into many chances of note.
Konstantinos Mavropanos’ header from El Hadji Malick Diouf’s cross was as clear a sight of goal as they had all night.
But where they lacked the ruthlessness up front, there was no lack of resilience defensively as they restricted Crystal Palace to just one shot on target despite the home side finishing stronger.
That much will please Nuno but he and fans might wonder if it might have been worth taking a risk or two more when they were on top.
Certainly turning one point into three would have felt huge for their survival chances but given how much of a blow it would have felt had they lost, the Hammers – for now at least – must view this as another point towards their goal.