Roy Hodgson expressed his mixture of encouragement and frustration following Crystal Palace's 1-1 draw with Brøndby IF in their last pre-season friendly, lambasting the Eagles' missed chances but praising their overall performance.
He revealed his overarching message to the players was that they could not afford to pass up any more scoring opportunities once competitive football returns against Southampton next week.
"We’ve got to start taking chances," Hodgson said. "I’ve just told the players that. They know it, of course; I’m preaching to the converted but you can’t feel that satisfied with the game standing here and it’s 1-1 when you know it should have been a victory by at least two or three goals for us.