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Hodgson: Poor start cost us

Roy Hodgson says Palace’s slow start cost them as Leeds United scored an early goal in each half to take all three points at Elland Road.

“I’m disappointed in the way we started each half,” he told the BBC at full-time. “It is of course going to put you on the back foot against any team, not least one of Leeds’ quality.

“You try to encourage your players not to make mistakes in these moments to give your opposition a head start if you like. I don’t think we created enough to get back into the game and we had to work really hard to make sure they didn’t score more goals.