Maxence Lacroix looked back at a 3-0 loss for Crystal Palace against Manchester City on Wednesday evening.
The Eagles earned a 2-2 draw against Everton on the weekend that pushed them closer to the confirmation of topflight survival, which was completely wrapped up when Tottenham and Leeds United shared the spoils in a 1-1 stalemate on Monday evening. The South London side also have attention on the Conference League final against Rayo Vallecano, but there are still fixtures to tick off from the domestic calendar in the Premier League in preparation for the showpiece event.
‘We were not at our top level’
This encounter did not go the way the team would have wanted as Antoine Semenyo, Omar Marmoush, and Savinho scored at the Etihad Stadium. The French defender discussed where he thought that Palace erred on the evening, and they look to bounce back to winning ways at Brentford.
“It was quite difficult. When you concede three goals against an opponent, it's always difficult.
“We showed some good stuff also, but today I think we were not at our top level, and when you play against this type of team, you have to be better than every single day.
“I think we did well in intensity, but maybe not in the right moments. We opened some space where we don't have to open space – and like I said, against big teams, you can't make mistakes.
“I think we’re taking it game by game because if we say ‘okay, the Premier League is finished for us, we don't want to play’ – we won’t be ready for this really important game.
“We take all the games really seriously, but today you can see that we made some mistakes and they are really good, so we have to accept it. We also didn’t take our chances. That's also difficult.”