Roy Hodgson has insisted he’ll steer Crystal Palace away from relegation hassle after they slumped to another home defeat against Chelsea to depart the previous England supervisor beneath mounting strain.
Two objectives in damage time from Conor Gallagher, who had cancelled out Jefferson Lerma’s first objective for Palace in the beginning of the second half, and Enzo Fernández made it 14 successive defeats for Palace in opposition to their London rivals in all competitions and 13 within the Premier League.
They now face a visit to play Everton at Goodison Park, the place they final gained in 2015, subsequent Monday in what may be a vital relegation showdown.
However Hodgson, who has seen his facet slip to inside 5 factors of Sean Dyche’s workforce after a poor run of type, believes that, regardless of accidents to key gamers in Eberechi Eze and Michael Olise, Palace nonetheless have the standard of their squad to stay effectively away from hazard.
“It’s a nasty interval but it surely’s been brought on by the damage state of affairs,” he mentioned. “It’s 14 video games [left], a variety of matches and a variety of factors and I feel we’ve proven sufficient.
“So I don’t have any considerations, however there isn’t a complacency and factors are very essential to get away from the relegation zone. This group of gamers are adequate and tonight gave me much more religion and perception.”
Chelsea got here into the match having conceded eight objectives of their final two Premier League fixtures against Liverpool and Wolves and have been manner off the tempo within the first half. However whereas Mauricio Pochettino acknowledged they have to enhance earlier than visiting Manchester Metropolis on Saturday, he paid tribute to Gallagher and was glad with a victory that moved them as much as tenth spot.
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“He’s a participant that has nice dedication to the workforce, is all the time attempting to compensate each single state of affairs and that’s priceless to have a participant like him,” Pochettino mentioned of Gallagher, whose contract expires in the summertime of 2025. “I used to be so disillusioned after the primary half: so gradual, so flat. Second half we began the sport how we must always have began from the primary minute. In the long run we deserved the victory.”
