Roy Hodgson says he cannot criticise his Crystal Palace players after their 1-0 loss to Newcastle at St. James’ Park.
The Eagles went to Tyneside off the back of their first goal and win of the season against champions Chelsea last weekend, however, were denied a valuable point late on when Mikel Merino stole it for the hosts.
The result means Palace remain bottom of the table having scored in just of their eight Premier League games this term, however, Hodgson feels they are working in the right direction.
"There were some very good performances from us in particular,” the former England manager told Match of the Day.
“The quality of our play was very good.
"We need more than a goal to take one point and set plays are always a problem. It was unfortunate as our player got his head to the ball but headed it against the Newcastle bloke.
"I cannot criticise our performance. From the first minute to the last it was everything I expected and under normal circumstances would have got us a result."
