A Jean-Phillipe Mateta strike late into the second half got The Eagles a deserved point after a poor first half showing which Chelsea dominated.
The classy Cole Palmer had given The Blues the lead in the London derby but Enzo Maresca's side were unable to build on their lead and were pegged back late by a resurgent Palace.
Here is four things we learned from the game on Saturday afternoon in South London.
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Cheick Doucoure welcome back
With the in-form Will Hughes out with a foot injury and Adam Wharton's return date being a complete unknown, Palace urgently needed the 24 year-old Mali international to rediscover the form that he had pre-achilles injury. It has been a tough season for Doucoure with rehab from his injury limiting him to just one start all season and he only played 45 minutes of that fixture against Ipswich.
So Glasner will welcome the dynamic midfielder back with open arms. The first 20 minutes did not look promising with Chelsea dominating the midfield, with Doucoure and midfield partner Jefferson Lerma being run ragged by the all star cast of Palmer, Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo. However after about half an hour Palace slowly started gaining parity with Doucoure breaking up play and beginning to pick some good forward passes from midfield.
Even if it wasn't a vintage Doucoure performance the 69 minutes on the field are a huge step in the right direction and provides Glasner with a much needed option in The Eagles injury hit centre midfield.
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Chris Richards' Mixed Day Out
Chris Richards was once again in The Eagles back three with Trevoh Chalobah unable to play against his parent club. The USA international pulled off some great defensive tackles, especially a sliding block on Nicolas Jackson in a one on one situation, but he was at fault for the Chelsea goal being spun far to easily by Jadon Sancho.
The other issue the American has is his ball playing at the back is far inferior to Chalobah who is far more comfortable playing the ball out from the back. Palace fans will be eager to see how summer signing Chadi Riad performs next weekend in the FA against Stockport County alongside Richards if both are selected.
Richards and Riad both being solid players will be key for Palace especially with the inevitable departure of Marc Guehi and the end of Chalobah's loan spell at the end of the season.
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The Curious Case of Eberechi Eze
Eberechi Eze is probably having the biggest dip in form that the Selhurst faithful have seen in the talented midfielder's time in South London. Eze at the moment looks a shadow of the player who would carry the ball through opposing midfields at will.
The talented midfielder is at his best when he is gliding through teams but at the moment he is either potentially carrying a knock or so short of confidence that his first instinct is to stop and find a pass. The other issue is that due to Tyrick Mitchell's complete lack of threat down the left hand-side, Eze is often up against two or three defenders with limited options to look for going forward.
A silver lining is that Eze is still providing positive contributions to Palace in attack, providing for the assist for Mateta's goal and his goal against Southampton last week showing his ability. Oliver Glasner will be desperate to try and get his best out of the England international.
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Mateta shines again
Jean-Phillipe Mateta is The Eagles most important player at this moment in time. Everything good that comes from Palace's attack, the French target man has his finger prints all over. His hold-up play was again outstanding, fighting tooth and nail with Levi Colwill and impressive debutant Josh Acheampong.
The gap between Mateta and Eddie Nketiah is absolutely cavernous and Palace's attack without Mateta's hold up play would not be worth thinking about. His fitness has also improved out of sight with the French international giving everything till the final whistle, compared to early in the season when he was clearly feeling the effects of his run at the Olympics with the France National team.
Yesterday was Mateta's eighth's goal of the season and Palace will be hoping that he can at least double that total by the end of the season.
