Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner was unimpressed with his side’s second half performance after they were held to a 1-1 draw by Nottingham Forest on Sunday.
The Eagles visited the City Ground in search of a win, but fell behind to an early goal by Morgan Gibbs-White inside five minutes.
They were given a lifeline on the stroke of halftime when Neco Williams was sent off for a deliberate handball inside the box.
In the absence of Jean-Philippe Mateta is close to an exit from the club, Ismaila Sarr stepped up and converted from 12 yards to level matters.
However, they could not capitalize on their man-advantage in the second half as both sides shared the spoils in a dramatic encounter.
“I’m really pleased with the first half, especially with the reaction after the first long throw and being 1-0 down with all the circumstances we are coming here to Nottingham with. The reaction was great”, Glasner said after the match.
“We get the equaliser and, second half, we just could see how thin our nerves are. For the first 15-20 minutes, we controlled the game, but we didn’t score, we didn’t create, then we lost our nerves.
We did things we didn’t want to do; we started running with the ball, we played into the areas where they are strong. We wanted to use the width and be patient, playing more in their half, then the last 25 minutes it was really too wild. But I could see all the effort”, he continued.
“What I learned when I first when I came to Palace was respect the point, especially away. That’s what we are doing.
“With all the circumstances, with the group, we arrived after everything that happened in the week, so I’m really happy with the performance in the first half because I think it was a great performance.”
Crystal Palace winless run continues as they remain in 15th place, just three points above Nottingham Forest who are 17th on the league standings.
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