Roy Hodgson reflected on Crystal Palace's 0-0 draw with Everton this afternoon, admitting that his side were left to play a gritty, determined game and end up content with leaving Selhurst a point and clean sheet better off.
However, the Eagles manager did suggest that he had hoped for a different clash before and shortly after kick-off, one in which his team were in control of possession and saw the lion's share of chances fall their way.
He said: "We dreamed of a different game, we dreamed of a game where we'd have a lot of possession and pass the ball around them and show some of the quality that we believe we have in the team but we weren't able to do that.