Roy Hodgson wants to see Crystal Palace take their performance against Wolves into their next Premier League game, despite the 2-0 defeat. Tuesday’s loss was the first under Hodgson since he returned as Palace boss during the last international break in March. Three wins and a draw have seen the club put themselves nine points clear of the relegation zone, even after this latest loss.
And even though his side failed to find the back of the net and lost the match, Hodgson was pleased with the team’s performance in the second half and wants to see it replicated against the Hammers on Saturday.
Roy Hodgson said: “It was a very good second-half. You can’t do much more than that. To come away from home and the opposition are basically pinned back in their own half for 45 minutes and reduced at the end of the game to kicking the ball out of play to let us attack again, that’s about as good as it can get. It was a very good second-half on the back of a 0-1 so we were always chasing the goal and they were able to hold onto the lead. Sometimes you need to hold on to something rather than try to get back in and try to get back on level terms. What I saw tonight, I want to see the same again [against West Ham]. Coming to Wolves is never easy. Certainly, that is as good a performance of a team I’ve been in charge of since I’ve been coming to Molineux, so I want to see that keep going. I’m confident if we do keep that going we will win more games than we lose.”
