Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira forced into rare admission after Brentford draw

Crystal Palace played out an entertaining 1-1 draw against Brentford in the Premier League on Tuesday night.

In-form Wilfried Zaha scored an unbelievable goal just around the hour mark but Yoane Wissa denied the Eagles all three points when he headed home the equaliser with just two minutes to the end.

The result was a fair reflection on the game with both sides cancelling out each other. Having played out 0-0 draws in the two times they met last season, this one was a slight improvement even though the points were shared again.

Palace boss Patrick Vieira who switched the shape of his team from a 4-3-3 to a 3-4-2-1 formation while his team leading admits they paid for a lapse in concentration and were lucky to get a point.

He told BT Sport after the game: “ Yeah frustration, wasnt pretty and I don’t think we played well and we needed to defend and we did not do that well enough.

“I’m happy with the point because I think they did well than us. We have to reflect on performance and not only on results.

“We faced a strong team and they were well organised and I think we lost energy against City and in the end it caught up with us.

“It’s nice to see Olise back fully fit and he is going to be important for us, I think we had a tough pre-season and we have been competitive and that is never going to change.”

Star forward Wilfried Zaha who scored his fourth goal of the season admitted they ‘killed’ themselves by sitting back after taking the lead.

He said: “I’m not sure because just one lapse in concentration ruins all the hard work. It’s just like we went on to defend after we got the goal.

“We killed ourselves in the end. Brentford battled and there were spaces and obviously there were chances created.

“I feel like our problem right now is last minute goals and it throws away all the hard work.  I’m happy to score goals for the team but today it means nothing.

“It’s not been difficult at all. I have been focused on the Palace and I go out there and enjoy it.”