Crystal Palace boss Hodgson: Not the result I or Sean wanted

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5 Jan 2024 • 7:48 AM MYT
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Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson admitted frustration after being held 0-0 by Everton in their FA Cup clash.

Everton had Dominic Calvert-Lewin sent off in the second-half but Palace couldn't take advantage.

Hodgson said: "I think it was certainly a missed opportunity in the last 15 minutes playing against 10 men, but overall across the whole game both teams defended pretty well.

"It was a game of relatively few chances, a game where both sides were working very hard to stop the other team creating chances. If you look at it philosophically then these games often end in a draw or a moment of magic decides it for one side.

"Unfortunately we didn't have that magic, we did in the last few games, but today we couldn't find that.

"Everton deserved their draw that is for sure. Now we end up with a replay that neither I nor Sean [Dyche] probably would have wanted before the game started. "

On the red card, he also said: "I don't know if I can understand those things these days. What to make of it. Lots of people who played in the past watching that will say that's not a red card, but people playing recently will probably say it is a red card because of the way the studs were up and he [Calvert-Lewin] was leading with a straight leg.

"It is unfortunate for the player, because it was not a vicious foul by any means. I thought the referee managed the game quite well. There were a lot of decisions to make because both teams were rather physical. So he handled the game well and if that challenge is a red card then so be it I suppose.

"I'm not prepared to say either it was or it wasn't, it was a modern day situation."