Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson was left feeling “extremely proud” of his side’s performance, and shared high praise of a mightily impressive Manchester City.
Reflecting on his side’s efforts, Hodgson said: “I thought they worked unbelievably hard. We came across a Man City in top form, their pressurising was absolutely excellent – they gave us literally no time on the ball whatsoever. Of course, they played with their usual aplomb in the final third. But I thought we were a bit unlucky in a sense that the two goals came one after the other. Had we gone in at one-nil, then given the second half performance we gave, who knows?