Fourth Draw In Five For Palace After Conceding Late At Brentford

After what looked like all three points were to head back to South London, the hosts conjured up a late leveller which secured a fifth draw between the two sides in the last six meetings.

TIME/ DATE/ VENUE

• 3pm
• 18^th February 2023
• Gtech Community Stadium, Lionel Road South, Brentford TW8 0RU

RESULT

Brentford 1-1 Crystal Palace

PLAYER RATINGS

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES – 4 Luka MILIVOJEVIC, 18 James MCARTHUR, 19 Will HUGHES, 41 Joe WHITWORTH, 44 Jairo RIEDEWALD

OPPOSITION LINE-UP

UNSED SUBSTITUTES – 13 ZANKA, 20 Kristoffer AJER, 30 Mads ROERSLEV, 34 Matthew COX

TEB VERDICT

Today was a case of snatching a draw from the jaws of victory but there were plenty of positives to take from this forth draw in five games. You could question the inability to see out a game to secure a win but this was a good away performance which saw the return of Joachim Andersen returning to partner Marc Guehi while Albert Sambi Lokonga making his full debut in a Palace shirt. Add to that the return of James McArthur and Chris Richards to the bench, there is plenty to take from this latest game even if there is some frustration at drawing a game that Palace should have won.

Having said that, there is a point when some of these draws need to be converted into wins and while it is all well and good putting in a good performance, it can only be a matter of time before the first victory of 2023 is achieved.

POST GAME QUOTES

PATRICK VIEIRA

“It feels like a defeat of course, the frustration to concede that goal at the end. The last kick of the game but again, it was really tough, really difficult. We managed to control all the set pieces, long balls, second balls and at the end to concede a goal like that, it’s disappointing. We shouldn’t concede a goal like that.

“We didn’t create a lot, both teams didn’t create a lot of chances. Of course when you score that first goal with 15 minutes to go, we were defending well. All the crosses and second balls were for us. At the end, the decision making wasn’t good, we didn’t defend well in that situation and then we are leaving with a bit of disappointment.”

THOMAS FRANK

“On a day where we don’t hit our highest level, I was disappointed with that. This is the Premier League, the margins are fine. They showed one top moment from Olise, a ball in and a good header from Eze. We kept going and we had a very offensive formation in the end. It gave us a well-deserved point, it was clearly a well deserved point. We did a bit more than them, they defended low in many situations but we couldn’t find the opening but the offensive formation helped.”

MATCH STATISTICS

POSITION IN THE TABLE (at the final whistle)

UPCOMING FIXTURES

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19/03/23 Arsenal (a) – Premier League (2pm)