The Eagles were demolished by their rivals this afternoon at the Amex in a hugely disapointing performance by the visitors. Here is live reaction to the result…
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8.19pm – That is it for reaction and updates from today. Does Roy stay after that appalling defeat at the hands of our rivals? The train home certainly didn’t think so, but we will have to see. Goodnight!
8.13pm – Michael Olise became the first Palace player to be subbed on and off in a Premier League game since Jason Puncheon against Manchester City in December 2017.
8.12pm – Palace have won just one of their 6 Premier League games in which both Eberechi Eze and Michael Olise have failed to start this season (D1 L4), losing 4 of the past 5. Their only such win this term came against 19th placed Burnley in November.
8.10pm – It is over a week now before the visit of Chelsea to Selhurst Park on the 12th February, before another Monday night game at Everton on the 19th, and Burnley heading to South London on the 24th. Points to play for, but this group of players need to show more fight that what was on show this afteroon.
8.09pm – This result leaves a very bad taste in the mouth and fans, those that were left at the end that is, had plenty to say to the players at the end of the game. Joachim Andersen was the most vocal having been dragged away by Paddy McCarthy and Ray Lewington.
8.06pm – Joao Pedro and Pascal Gross shared the most shots (3), Daniel Munoz (5) made the most tackles, while Joao Pedro made the most dribbles.
8.04pm – According to the Who Scored statistics, the highest rated Palace player was Jean-Philippe Mateta (7.0) closely followed by debutant Daniel Munoz (6.7). The man of the match was Pascal Gross (8.9).
7.59pm – “Adam showed why we bought him. It was a baptism of fire. He lost the ball in midfield trying to turn with it which led to a goal, but apart from that, the rest of his performance was good I thought, and he will get better and better. Daniel I thought was excellent, he was really, really good, and I thought we saw a wonderful second-half performance from Jefferson Lerma as well.” – Roy Hodgson
7.58pm – “They started well, scored early. You know in the Premier League when you start like that, away it is hard. They kept going and they played good and scored again. 3-0 down in the first half, it was hard. You just keep fighting and going. The cross was fantastic, and I just had to touch the ball and put it in the back of the net.” – Jean-Philippe Mateta
7.52pm – “I think it harsh, I think it is wrong. I think Steve Parish has done a fantastic job for the club. We understand the fans are unhappy, we got beaten heavily at Arsenal and came here and our fans expected us to win the game and we lost 4-1. It would be unrealistic to expect them to go home happy after that and unrealistic also to think the fans aren’t going to protest. All I can say is we are doing our best. Of course you always empathise in the sense as a fan you want your team to win. But games have to be analysed.” – Roy Hodgson
7.50pm – “I was told that Michael couldn’t start the game and everyone was quite comfortable with that. The medical staff told me and he told me that he was fine to be on the bench and to play in the second half. Unfortunately, I don’t have a crystal ball. It’s the same as the hindsight of ‘you were losing 3-0, why did you bring him on?’ The answer to that is we brought him all the way here to be on the bench to play in the second half and wanted our better players on the pitch. It’s not easy when you’ve got a player of his quality able to play to say ‘by the way, I know we brought you all the way here to play in the second half but I’ve changed my mind, sit on the bench’.” – Roy Hodgson
7.48pm – “I’m not going to give you the satisfaction to say that it hurts me as it’s pretty obvious. Everyone wants to be liked, everyone wants to be praised, everyone wants to be told they’re the best and when that doesn’t happen the answer is yes, it’s a little bit hurtful.” – Roy Hodgson
7.47pm – “My years in the game have given me the resilience to cope. Of course, taunts from away supporters are part and parcel of our lives. At the moment our own fans aren’t very happy with anything that’s going on at the club and they’re making their feelings known as well. I signed up to be manager of this football club and I have got the strength, the resilience and the determination to see things through. I’m certainly not going to be cowed by that type of thing.” – Roy Hodgson
7.44pm – “In the second half we tried to keep the ball. You have to understand when is the time to keep the ball and when is the time to attack the space. My players are playing very well in my time here. We are fighting, we are seventh in the table. The fans can be proud and happy. I think we are fighting more than our possibility because we are playing with a lot of injuries.” – Roberto De Zerbi
7.43pm – “We played very well, we played with pride. We suffered a lot after the Luton game and we showed our quality, our human qualities. I knew before the game after Luton it would be like today. I know my players, I know their human qualities. I am proud when we win or lose because I believe in them, I respect them as people first of all and as players.” – Roberto De Zerbi
7.39pm – “One thing you cannot criticise this club for his heart and desire. At 3-0 down to a top team playing extremely well, the one thing we did not lack in the second half was heart and desire. If you aim criticism at the team, management, the coaching staff etc it should be based on what has gone on on the field of play. It is too simplistic to suggest every time you lose a game it is because there is not enough heart and desire.” – Roy Hodgson
7.38pm – “I think Steve Parish has done a fantastic job for the club. People’s memories should be jogged. The club was in awful state before he came. They turned the club around and got us into the Premier League. The club is still there and fighting to stay there. It is not for me to talk about the club structure and ownership. If you ask me personally as someone working for Steve Parish and the club I think it is very harsh that people are putting banners in that way and trying to blame him for the fact we lost to Brighton.” – Roy Hodgson
7.35pm – “Very, very disappointing. With hindsight I know people will say at 3-0 down why bring Michael on, we brought him on because we had the green light from the medical people that he was able to play the second half. They told us to put him on the bench and not start him. When you have one of your best players on the bench, he is there and everyone thinks if he is ready to play half a game, you want to take advantage of that. It would have been tough to say ‘stay sitting there’. There’s no crystal ball. If someone had said ‘if you put him on, he will pull a muscle’ then we wouldn’t have done so.” – Roy Hodgson
7.34pm – “You can always try to analyse a game and find a way of saying ‘if only this or that happened’ but the bottom line was that Brighton were better than us today, they deserved to win the game. I would say at 3-0 down we kept going despite once again injuries to key players.” – Roy Hodgson
7.33pm – “A very bad result. In the first half we were comprehensively outplayed. They played extremley well. I thought in the second half the players did the best they could to stay in the game to give ourselves a chance. It is a derby game, a game that is important to Palace people and when you lose 4-1 it is a bad day. It is really decisive when you concede a corner after a minute and the opposing team scores. It does affect you.” – Roy Hodgson
7.21pm – Just arrived back from the Amex after the usual delayed departure from the Amex courtesy of the lovely lads and lasses at Sussex police….
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