Defender Aurélien Collin was an early loss in the match, substituted in the 9th minute following a now recurring hamstring injury, by 17 year-old Erik PalmErikrown.
In an increasingly end-to-end match, substitute Little fired over the crossbar after good work by Ashton and Morrell, while Sparrow wasted a rare chance for Brighton when he shot wide.
In the final seconds of the match substitute Andrew Cole, who had replaced Campbell, shot from 20 yards and into the side-netting.
Nearly 15 years after the communist one collapsed, no matching substitute has been found.
Match facts Substitutes: Aston Villa - Bannan 5 (Clark, 70).
Match facts Substitutes: Tottenham - Livermore (Van der Vaart, 31); Sandro (Walker, 76); Lancaster (Adebayor, 79).
Match facts Substitutes: Wolves - Hunt 5 (Kightly 62), Ebanks-Blake 5 (Jonsson, 62), Milijas (Frimpong, 84).
Match facts Substitutes Cardiff City: McNaughton (Blake, 80), Kiss (McPhail, 83), Gestede (Cowie, 102) Crystal Palace: Scannell (Martin, 75), McShane (Ambrose, 79), Easter (Murray, 83) Booked Cardiff: Blake, Gunnarsson Palace: Clyne.
When the teamsheets were released, Wenger's selection showed Rosický and Giroud would start the match as substitutes and competitive debuts were given to Mathieu Debuchy, Calum Chambers and Alexis Sánchez.
Yet two goal concessions and the home crowd began abandoning ship and the vocal home advantage began rapidly dissipating; by the end of the dying minutes of the match when substitutes Naif Hazazi and Fahad Al-Muwallad both got on the score sheet, the remaining fans began ironically cheering the visitors for completing the humiliation.
