Crystal Palace and Everton took home a point apiece after failing to make their goalscoring chances count at Selhurst Park on Wednesday evening.
Roberto Martinez's side had to play the final 40 minutes with 10 men after James McCarthy was sent off for a second bookable offence, but they managed to restrict Palace.
Discover how the game unfolded in Sports Mole's minute-by-minute commentary below.
Subs: McCarthy, Kelly, Lee, Ledley, Sako, Adebayor, Wickham
Subs: Howard, Oviedo, Mirallas, Niasse, Besic, Deulofeu, Pienaar
"Once we're safe hopefully I'll sign a new contract here, because I want to stay," Pardew told reporters.
"[Winning] gives everybody a lift. We weren't expecting that [14-game winless] run to go on as long as it went on. The confidence levels, hopefully, have gone up, and our nervousness has disappeared."
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He told the newspaper: "I just don't feel as though the chemistry is quite there with the team on the pitch at the moment, and it hasn't been for a while.
"We are maybe leaning too heavily on individuals to come up with something. Results have had an impact on that, because chemistry and confidence go hand in hand."
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