After visiting a hospital, Palace manager Hodgson said he was “feeling good,” and Villa’s performance exceeded expectations.
Roy Hodgson, the manager of Crystal Palace, said he is optimistic despite missing his team’s 3-1 loss to Aston Villa last weekend due to illness.
Prior to Crystal Palace’s 3-1 defeat at Villa Park last Saturday, the 76-year-old felt under the weather, but he was back in the gym on Tuesday in preparation for this weekend’s match at home against Fulham.
Hodgson had complete faith in assistant manager Paddy McCarthy and longtime friend Ray Lewington, but when he tried to connect with the dugout from the hospital, technical issues presented him with an unfamiliar problem.
Hodgson declared, “I’m feeling fine. “(Watching from a distance was) not a good experience. The young physiotherapist who was traveling with me and I was emailed the link, keeping each other company.
We received the link, but sadly we were unable to make it work. As a result, we had the far worse experience of listening to it on the radio, which I do not advise.
“After reviewing the performance, I thought it was well done. As I was listening to the radio, I assumed it was. I felt really good, and when I spoke to Ray Lewington after he arrived at the hospital right away, he expressed his extreme satisfaction and delight with the performance.
“Watching it back, I was anticipating it to be pretty nice, but
Hodgson did eventually manage to watch back last weekend’s encounter, which looked to be heading for a 1-1 draw until Douglas Luiz and Leon Bailey both netted in second-half stoppage time, the first a result of a penalty issued against Palace defender Chris Richards.
In-form Odsonne Edouard scored Palace’s only goal to make it four across five matches this season but Villa hit back late on, with Jhon Duran equalising in the 87th minute before Luiz and Bailey sealed the result.
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According to new time-keeping rules, referees are now required to compute the precise time lost when certain events occur rather than the notional amount added in past seasons. Last weekend’s events at Villa Park may very well be a decent indication of what to expect this season.
After Luiz’s penalty was scored at Villa Park after nine additional minutes, Bailey was able to double his team’s lead three minutes later, and it took 17 minutes of second-half stoppage time before the game was declared over.
Hodgson said: “I must add that I don’t believe in time-wasting in the opening 10 minutes of the game. I hope referees will approach the new rules realistically.
I’m not sure which teams are in our
Their (officials’) responsibility includes helping us all develop the fortitude required to accept that. because we have a history with the game that has somehow ingrained us. I believe that the notion of “right, the 90 minutes are up, blow the whistle” has become somewhat ingrained among us all.
But since we’ve known for a while that won’t happen, we just have to accept that what was formerly between the ages of four and six can now be between the ages of six and twelve, and you need to figure out how to deal with that.
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