Dougie Freedman left the game at Doncaster feeling it was just one of those days where luck was against his side in a game where he felt they shouldn't have left empty handed.

"We did enough to get something after a decent 1st half but probably in the second half just didn't  have enough to win the game. It was frustrating because I thought we should have had at least one penalty and to concede a goal like that just made it worse."

There was more than one call for a penalty by the Palace camp but Freedman wasn't being drawn on the officials performance.

"You can't do anything about refereeing decisions and it just wasn't our day. A penalty decision is out of my control, the referee is viewed by an assessor and he will be the one who gives the view on his performance and decisions.

Doncaster made a management change just hours before the game but the boss wasn't going to concede that this played a part in the result going against his side.

"The club decided to change manager yesterday but I am only really concerned about what my team do and I maintain our performance was one which shouldn't have seen us beaten but also on the other hand it was not one which meant we deserved to take all the points.  The stage in the game where Billy Sharp came on gave the crowd a lot of momentum and they had a bit more pressure in the second half but still didn't have that many chances. 

"We set high standards and expectations for this group of players and they do of themselves so that means I have a dressing room with lads who are devasted they didn't win.

"I do know though that If we play to our ability we will win more games than we will lose."