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Cahill gives honest reflections on 'disappointing' defending

Speaking with Premier League Productions, Gary Cahill gave an honest assessment of Crystal Palace's defensive performance against Everton, saying that, despite a strong afternoon, he feels the game was "disappointing" with "sloppy" defending.

Looking back over the 90 minutes, Cahill said: "I thought we were in the game, to be honest with you. When we were level at 1-1 we had a couple of chances after that to go ahead. Disappointing for us today.

"We tried, we tried to create and we had big spells in the game I thought. I did think the scoreline flattered them but, having said that, defensively the goals were disappointing, the goals were sloppy and we’re not normally like that.