Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson has described it as a deserved win for the Eagles against Leicester City. However, the 75-year-old said had a word of sympathy for his opposite number Brendan Rodgers and his Leicester players, who were left on their knees after conceding, with Hodgson recognising the cruel nature of conceding in the last minute.
Roy Hodgson said: “It’s a wonderful feeling. It’s such a relief, really, because I thought over the course of the 90 minutes we deserved to win the game – especially with the first-half performance which I enjoyed and was so good. As the game wears on, we conceded a very good goal to them and you can see the game petering out at 1-1. I honestly believe, with everything we did on the field and the stats back it up, we deserved to win it.I know it’s very hard on Brendan [Rodgers] and his team to concede a goal in extra time especially with virtually the last kick of the game. But I think we could have scored more than the one goal we had until the last minute of the game.”
