Hodgson Pleads With ‘HarsH’ Fans After Palace Loss. Newcastle Rallies For 4-4 Draw Against Luton – News18

LONDON: Roy Hodgson’s place at Crystal Palace is trying more and more shaky after one other poor end result and the newest show of anger and frustration from the membership’s followers on Saturday.

A 4-1 loss at rival Brighton within the Premier League was made even worse by seeing star participant Michael Olise limp off simply eight minutes after approaching as an alternative, supporters elevating one other banner protesting the membership’s management and a few of the gamers then exchanging phrases with the indignant followers after the ultimate whistle.

The 76-12 months-outdated Hodgson might not have endeared himself extra to followers after the sport by taking the facet of Palace’s co-proprietor and chairman Steve Parish.

“I think it is harsh, I think it is wrong,” the Palace supervisor mentioned of the protests, which began throughout a 5-0 drubbing to Arsenal two weeks in the past. “We understand the fans are unhappy, we got beaten heavily at Arsenal and came here and our fans expected us to win the game and lost 4-1. It would be unrealistic to expect them to go home happy after that and unrealistic also to think the fans aren’t going to protest. All I can say is we are doing our best.”

On a excessive-scoring day within the Premier League full of late comebacks, Brighton’s win stood out for its lack of drama.

In the early recreation, Everton defender Jarrad Branthwaite headed residence a stoppage-time equalizer to salvage a 2-2 draw with Tottenham after Richarlison had scored twice towards his former workforce.

Newcastle then got here from two objectives down within the second half to rally for a wild 4-4 draw at residence towards Luton, and relegation struggler Burnley additionally erased a two-purpose deficit to attract 2-2 towards visiting Fulham.

Aston Villa had an opportunity to climb above Tottenham into fourth place when it performed eventually-place Sheffield United later.

Palace is simply 5 factors above the relegation zone, and Hodgson’s choice-making was additionally questioned after Olise solely lasted eight minutes after approaching as a second-half substitute when his workforce was already 3-0 down. Olise had been combating an harm, however Hodgson defended the choice to place him on and mentioned the workforce’s medical workers had cleared him to play 45 minutes.

“We were told it is not a good idea to start him but he is okay for the bench and you can use him from the bench and that is what we did,” Hodgson mentioned. “There is no point me standing here and talking about hindsight.” ___

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