December 6 2010

George Burley

Crystal Palace manager George Burley was disappointed after throwing away another lead in the game against Leeds at the weekend.

The Eagles were leading the game a minute before half time after a side foot finish by Neil Danns, but two second half goals from Luciano Becchio meant Palace came away from Elland Road with no points.

After the game Burley was keen to ensure that his side faired better under pressure from the opposing team when leading the game.

"We are improving but I am disappointed we got nothing out of the game" he said.

"In the last couple of away games we've got our noses in front and played really well but we encouraged too much pressure from the opposition and that is something we have to be better at."

Leeds boss Simon GRAYson was quick to sing the praises of Palace shot stopper JULIAN Speroni, after he kept them at bay for much of the game but was pleased they finally got the result they wanted.

"We started the game well but their goalkeeper was in outstanding form and we got done by a sucker punch" said GRAYson.

"Our fans demand that we keep going to the very end and that is what we did. We finished the game with four or five centre forwards on the pitch, had a really good go and gained our reward."