‘Burnley will feel very aggrieved’: Boss gives Claret’s performance a favorable evaluation

admin | November 5, 2023 | Other Clubs | No Comments

Roy Hodgson provided a glowing assessment of Burnley’s performance during their cruel defeat to his Crystal Palace side.

Burnley’s Turf Moor woes continued as they suffered a sixth straight loss on home tur with a 2-0 reversal at the hands of Hodgson’s men.

The scoreline doesn’t tell the full story though, as the Clarets were the better side and largely controlled the game, producing 17 shots on the Palace goal without finding the back of the net.

But they were undone by a Jordan Beyer mistake in the first-half, before Palace added a second in stoppage-time to make the result look more comfortable than it really was.

“They also defended extremely well, so they prevented us taking much benefit from our winning of the ball back as much as I would have liked us to do, but we kept our shape and we kept working hard.

“There won’t be many teams that come here and come away with three points, not if Burnley keep playing the way they’re playing, so we’ve got to be delighted with our discipline, our determination and our efforts.

“We’ll go back to London happy, whereas I’m sure Burnley will feel very aggrieved that they didn’t get more from their performance, but if they keep playing like that then they will.

“We’re delighted with the three points, but commiserations because I guess there are more Burnley journalists in this room than London ones. You should be very kind to the team and praising their performance because I thought they did really well.