CITY PUNISHED US AT EVERY
OPPORTUNITY - PARDEW
Sacha Pisani
The Crystal Palace boss offered no
complaints after watching his side get
outplayed by a rampant Manchester City
in the League Cup on Tuesday
Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew said his team
were punished at every opportunity by a
relentless Manchester City, who made the most
of their opportunities in a 5-1 rout.
Palace's League Cup campaign came to an end at
the fourth-round stage on Wednesday as Kevin De
Bruyne guided City to the quarter-finals.
Pardew and Co. trailed 2-0 heading into the break
after De Bruyne added to Wilfried Bony's 22nd-
minute opener, and the visitors never recovered.
Kelechi Iheanacho and a Yaya Toure penalty put
City in cruise control, while Damien Delaney gave
Palace something to cheer about in the closing
stages before teenager Manu Garcia completed
the rout in Manchester.
Speaking afterwards, Pardew had no complaints
about the result against the Premier League
leaders.
"It was a tough night for us, we were short on
numbers tonight and the team lacked a bit of
balance," Pardew said via Palace's official
website.
"A lot of our flair players were injured but
Manchester City played well tonight and took
their chances and unfortunately we didn't.
"Almost every time City had a chance they
punished us, particularly in the first 60 minutes
and that was very much the story.
"We had three or four good chances and it is not
often that you get that so you have to take them
and we were then vulnerable particularly when
they go two ahead.
"We should have scored before they did and then
at 2-0 had a great chance but we didn't make the
most of them. They deserved the victory so we
have no complaints."
OPPORTUNITY - PARDEW
Sacha Pisani
The Crystal Palace boss offered no
complaints after watching his side get
outplayed by a rampant Manchester City
in the League Cup on Tuesday
Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew said his team
were punished at every opportunity by a
relentless Manchester City, who made the most
of their opportunities in a 5-1 rout.
Palace's League Cup campaign came to an end at
the fourth-round stage on Wednesday as Kevin De
Bruyne guided City to the quarter-finals.
Pardew and Co. trailed 2-0 heading into the break
after De Bruyne added to Wilfried Bony's 22nd-
minute opener, and the visitors never recovered.
Kelechi Iheanacho and a Yaya Toure penalty put
City in cruise control, while Damien Delaney gave
Palace something to cheer about in the closing
stages before teenager Manu Garcia completed
the rout in Manchester.
Speaking afterwards, Pardew had no complaints
about the result against the Premier League
leaders.
"It was a tough night for us, we were short on
numbers tonight and the team lacked a bit of
balance," Pardew said via Palace's official
website.
"A lot of our flair players were injured but
Manchester City played well tonight and took
their chances and unfortunately we didn't.
"Almost every time City had a chance they
punished us, particularly in the first 60 minutes
and that was very much the story.
"We had three or four good chances and it is not
often that you get that so you have to take them
and we were then vulnerable particularly when
they go two ahead.
"We should have scored before they did and then
at 2-0 had a great chance but we didn't make the
most of them. They deserved the victory so we
have no complaints."
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