Even though the end result did not go their way, Patrick Viera had a lot of positives to say about his team’s performance at the Etihad Stadium, believing they were unlucky to come away empty-handed despite showing tons of character and discipline throughout the contest.
Palace looked overwhelmed in the second half against City as they struggled to cope with the collective quality of the opposition, particularly Erling Braut Haaland, who scored a hat-trick inside 20 minutes, sending the visitors to defeat for the second time this season.
Dating back to last season, their loss last weekend was the third time in their previous four Premier League affairs that the Eagles failed to win when leading at the interval.
They come into this contest having lost only two of their last nine EPL affairs at Selhurst Park, posting five clean sheets over that span.
Crystal Palace have won just two of their last 19 Premier League London derbies, picking up 3-0 wins over Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal last season, while they drew Brentford 0-0 in both of their 2021-22 league matches.
With eight goals conceded after four fixtures, it is the most this club have given up at this stage of a Premier League campaign since allowing the same amount in 2014-15.
The Bees have trailed in three of their four league matches this season at half time but have come away with a result on two occasions.
Despite being behind after 24 minutes against Everton on Saturday, Thomas Frank was pleased with the overall performance of his side, who created plenty of chances with 58% possession and five efforts on target.
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They have picked up points in four of their last seven Premier League affairs in which they had conceded the opener after losing eight of their previous eight fixtures when shipping first.
All four of their road goals scored so far in this campaign have come in the second half, while they have rescued two matches this year in the latter stages, scoring the equaliser versus Leicester City in the 86th minute and levelling their game against the Toffees with a strike in the 84th minute.
Heading into this match, the Bees are winless in their last four away games versus Crystal Palace, with their last triumph coming back in March 1957 (2-0), though they have only lost one of their previous 12 league fixtures played on a Tuesday.
