Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson heaps praise on Clarets
Roy Hodgson was full of praise for Burnley and the way they played in the defeat to Crystal Palace this afternoon at Turf Moor.
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00:00 It was a tough game as well because Burley were good. We thought they would be to be
00:07 fair. We'd been watching them in our preparation so we weren't surprised by the way they played
00:13 and the quality of their play. I thought that they also defended extremely well so they
00:19 prevented us taking as much benefit from our winning of the ball back as I would have liked
00:27 to have seen us do. But the good thing is that even during that period we kept our shape,
00:32 we kept working hard. We had a few little problems with players either injured or feeling
00:38 the need to come off so it forced more changes than perhaps we were anticipating at the start
00:44 of the game. There aren't going to be that many teams who come here and get away with
00:49 three points, I can tell you that now, not if Burley keep playing the way they're playing.
00:53 So we've got to be delighted that our discipline, our determination, our efforts really got
01:01 us the three points. We'll go back to London happy and I'm sure that Burley will feel very
01:07 aggrieved that they didn't get more from their performance today. But if they keep playing
01:12 like that then they will.
01:13 Do you think the Premier League experience is the difference between the two real chances
01:17 you got when you came to play?
01:20 I wouldn't say that really. I think that they defended some of our attacking play well which
01:27 could have led to chances but we didn't get that far. And they got a little bit further
01:33 I thought getting the ball in our box and asking questions. But the good thing for me
01:39 was that the midfield and the back players they helped out a lot and it led to a lot
01:45 of corner kicks but it didn't lead to that many chances where I was convinced they were
01:50 going to score a goal.
01:51 Two goals, one for Jeff Schlupp and one for Tyreek Mitchell. Players don't always get
01:56 involved with the goal scoring headlines so you must be pleased with them today?
01:59 Well Tyreek certainly doesn't but Schlupp is a goal scorer to be fair, always was. When
02:04 he was playing regularly we always thought that Jeff had goals in him and it was a really
02:09 good goal. It was a good goal through Jordan's robbing of the defender as they were playing
02:15 out from the back and then the cross was very good and Schlupp made a very long run. So
02:19 we're really pleased about that goal.
02:21 And we're delighted with the three points and as I say commiserations because I guess
02:25 there's more Burnley journalists in this room than there are London ones. I think that you
02:33 should be being very kind to the team and praising their performance today because I
02:39 thought they did really well and I've got to be really happy that my team can show the
02:45 necessary character, the necessary resilience, the necessary determination and as you rightly
02:51 said the necessary experience to get us over the line and enable us to take three points
02:57 with us back home.
02:58 And just finally can I ask about Jeslin Sturridge?
03:00 No it's bad. It's bad yeah. We don't know 100% but we're not talking a week or two.
03:08 We're probably talking longer now which is a real blow because just as you get Eze and
03:13 Alissa back almost in the fold you lose another player that we think is very important for
03:18 us in our attacking play. So we regain two and lose one. I'd have preferred to have all
03:25 three.
03:26 Hi Ron.
03:27 Hi.
03:28 What is it about being on the road? You've won three away games this season, one down
03:29 the road at Man United a few weeks ago and you're showing real resilience on the road.
03:38 What?
03:39 Well I'd like to think we show resilience at home as well. I mean we played against
03:44 Tottenham on Friday night. I thought our resilience and our defending there was excellent. In
03:48 fact they won the game 2-1 and they only had one shot on target in the game. So in actual
03:54 fact we weren't exactly conceding goal chance after goal chance and Tottenham at the moment
03:59 are in a fantastic vein of form. So I don't think there is a vast difference between home
04:05 and away. But I think sometimes you notice it more away from home because you're playing
04:11 in front of a home crowd, you're playing against a team sometimes with its tail up, boosted
04:17 by the fans, pushed forward. And I've got to say I would give a lot of credit to Burnley
04:23 in that respect today. I thought they never gave up, they worked very hard, they fought
04:28 for every ball. But fortunately for me so did Crystal Palace.
04:32 A couple of your lads got booked at half time, you were sort of remonstrating with the referee
04:38 maybe about a late decision. Were you kind of anxious about that? Because obviously one
04:42 of them was one of your top defenders and it kind of left him on a yellow card.
04:45 I was angry about it, I didn't know about it until about half. In fact I got the information
04:51 just as the team was about to go out for the second half. It made me angry.
04:54 With them or with the referee?
04:55 No with them. Because the fact is we know that the referee is likely or certainly entitled
05:03 in some situations if he wants to, to give yellow cards. We can't say we didn't know
05:08 or we had no idea. We can't afford I don't think with the depth of our squad to run the
05:15 risk of losing players by the accumulation of yellow cards just because they want to
05:20 make their point to the referee. You don't win by making your point to the referee. We
05:24 all do it to be fair. No one is an angel in that respect. But you need to find the moment
05:33 perhaps if you're making a point and you start to realise that this is going the wrong way,
05:38 you need to back off. Because if you keep going and get the yellow card, those two players,
05:43 if they get a suspension in the weeks to come, no one is going to be more unhappy than them.
05:49 And then they will of course look back and think why on earth did I do it? But as I say,
05:56 we don't want that to happen. We don't want that sort of yellow cards being flourished
06:04 or given to our players. We've got to learn to do better than that and hopefully this
06:12 will be a lesson and those players, both of whom are amongst our best players and our
06:17 most experienced players, they certainly are intelligent enough to take it on board.