The reaction round-up from Palace's stalemate with Villa

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8 Jan 2026

Our round-up of the reaction from Wednesday night’s 0-0 draw with Aston Villa as Crystal Palace dug out a well-earned point at Selhurst Park.

Home debutant Brennan Johnson, speaking to Premier League Productions;

“I think it's a performance where you just saw everyone giving everything.

“The results haven't been amazing of late and we are missing a few bodies, but I don't think you'd be able to tell watching us play.

“I think everyone worked so hard for each other and at the same time we created some really good chances – it was a strong performance.

“There a definitely a few bits we want to improve and would have wanted to be able to win the game. I thought overall we probably deserved it.

“They had some good chances as well and hit the post. But overall it’s a solid performance.”

Jaydee Canvot, speaking to Canal+;

“It's a very good point for my team. We did everything we could on the pitch.

“We fought together. Of course we wanted to win, but it's a good point taken against an Aston Villa team that won 11 games out of 12.

“I’m happy but we now have to keep going. There are still lots of games to go. There’s another game in three days so we have to keep going.

“My teammates help me a lot, they encourage me and help me a lot. Whether it’s Maxence or Jean-Philippe they are like big brothers when I play with them.

“Of course I want to play every game. So when the coach makes me a starter I want to best I can be.

“It’s up to him, I’m just here to do my job.”

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Massive credit to all the lads for stopping them from scoring
—Brennan Johnson

Manager Oliver Glasner, speaking to BBC Match of the Day;

“We could see in the first-half that we are not full of confidence right now, but we worked into the game and second half we created some good moments.

"At the end, we had to defend a few situations and the game could have gone either way, so a draw is fair result.”

Brennan Johnson, speaking to Premier League Productions;

“We look back on the goals against Newcastle and, overall in terms of without set-pieces, it was probably an even game.

“I felt like we created some good chances in that game, but we really let ourselves down set-piece wise.

Brennan reflects on warm reception at Selhust

“So going into this game, the lads had had an unbelievable record against Aston Villa, so I think tactically there wasn't loads that needed to be done.

“We just wanted to drill the set-pieces, and I feel like tonight we had more of a mentality to not let the ball go in the back of the net.

“Massive credit to all the lads for stopping them from scoring.”

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery, speaking to BBC Match of the Day;

“I am satisfied, overall, with everything we are doing and this point is a fantastic point.

“Today we needed the defence to be strong. We created some chances to score, but we conceded a few moments, but not clear chances… one in the first-half with Brennan Johnson.

“The team showed our mentality.”

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