Pierre Sage blamed a 15-minute loss of concentration for Crystal Palace’s 2-0 defeat by Newcastle and insisted he remains the right man to lead the south London club. Palace conceded two goals against Besiktas on Thursday to the only shots on target they conceded. Newcastle similarly scored with both their shots on target.
Today was not a tactical problem but a mental problem. When we came back from the dressing room we let our opponents have too many things. When you don’t control the ball you give the initiative to the opposition.” Sage is sure he can improve Palace’s fortunes – they are 17th having lost back-to-back Premier League games, the other being a 5-0 thrashing by their rivals Brighton – and said that although he remains in regular contact with the Palace chair, Steve Parish, the issue of his future has never been raised.
There’s no noise inside, if you want.” There was relief for Matthias Jaissle as he oversaw a first Newcastle win in three games. The second half was much better. Even if you don’t play a fantastic game in possession, keeping a clean sheet is the fundamental of football.”
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