Milivojevic: We are here to fight

Following a narrow 1-0 defeat to Manchester City on Saturday, the Eagles continued their winless run in the competition.

They nevertheless came close to claiming a point against the reigning Premier League champions, however, after doing so against Manchester United, Newcastle United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Liverpool in recent weeks.

Palace’s performances have not always yielded the results they have warranted this season, but with away games against Brighton and Arsenal to come in the next seven days, Milivojevic has vowed to fight for every point.

“It’s not very comfortable at the moment, because we know the next two games are very hard,” the captain noted, speaking after Saturday’s match.

“We play two away games, Brighton and Arsenal – but we’re here to fight.

“We have a good squad, a talented squad. We have a mixture of experienced and young, talented players, so I think we’re going to use that until the end of the season, and hope to reach our goals.”

With Milivojevic making his first start since November, Palace competed well against City, but paid the price for conceding a late penalty in the second-half, converted by Erling Haaland.

The midfielder reflected: “We need to be more focused and we need to show more responsibility in those situations. We need to be switched on all the time, because at this level of football, details decide [matches], and we need to learn.

“I know it’s going to become a cliché, but from every bad situation that happens, you need to learn. We paid the price a lot of times this season, and we still need to learn.

“Against Man City, you know you will not have a lot of chances. We were focusing on defensive work to do well, and to wait for our chance to try to punish them. They are one of the best teams in the league.

“We tried our best. I think it went well for us until the moment we switched off. We dropped a point, and at the end we tried to push, but when you play against Man City, they are a top team and it’s never been easy. We have to turn to the next one and try to improve.”

Milivojevic concluded by paying tribute to the Palace supporters, who once again generated an outstanding atmosphere in SE25.

The captain said: “I need to say ‘thank you’ to our fans for their support. We did our best to try to get something from the game.

“They’re really pushing us. Thank you for your support. The next two away games are going to be hard, a hundred percent – we play against Brighton and Arsenal, both sides playing very good football – so we need to recover and prepare for those games.”

With Milivojevic making his first start since November, Palace competed well against City, but paid the price for conceding a late penalty in the second-half, converted by Erling Haaland.

“I know it’s going to become a cliché, but from every bad situation that happens, you need to learn. We paid the price a lot of times this season, and we still need to learn.

Milivojevic concluded by paying tribute to the Palace supporters, who once again generated an outstanding atmosphere in SE25.

The captain said: “I need to say ‘thank you’ to our fans for their support. We did our best to try to get something from the game.

Milivojevic: We are here to fight

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Milivojevic: We are here to fight

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