Crystal Palace captain Ward: Were were outclassed by Newcastle

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22 Oct 2023 • 9:10 AM MYT
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Crystal Palace captain Joel Ward says they must quickly move on from defeat at Newcastle United.

Palace were hammered 4-0 by the Toon on Saturday.

Ward said, I think we all know we can do better and we need to do better.

We were outclassed today, but it's about how we bounce back from that. In tough times, it's how you respond, and we've got to put that right on Friday night against Tottenham."

On Jacob Murphy's early goal, Ward admitted: I mean obviously it wasn't the ideal start in a place like this [St James' Park]. It's always going to be tough.

The fans are going to get behind them, and they're a strong outfit who are going to cause you problems, but I don't think we dealt with that like we know we can do.

We've got to reflect on that and make sure we put things right. We'll hit the training ground on Monday, get back to it and make sure we dust ourselves down.

We know as individuals and as a team that we'll look ourselves in the mirror, hold our hands up and know that collectively and individually we can do better.

I think you can look at exterior factors and this and that and everything, but we've got some very strong individuals. We're collectively together as a group, and we've proven that we can go toe-to-toe with whoever we face.

Today that wasn't the case, so we will learn from that and make sure that we perform better against Tottenham."