Potter: We've got some work to do

Women

13 Oct 2025

Crystal Palace Women's Manager Jo Potter admitted she was left frustrated after her side were held to a 1−1 draw by Sunderland at home in the Barclays Women's Super League 2, saying the team needs to 'find a way to be better'.

Speaking to the media after the game, Potter said: "I thought it was a real game of two halves, I thought we dominated the first-half and that we had the majority of the chances.

"We spoke about not coming out slow and sloppy in the second-half and I feel like that's exactly what we did."

Sunderland took the lead early on, to which Palace responded with an equaliser just three minutes later. From there, neither team could regularly create chances with both defences on top.

"We couldn't then take a grasp back in the game and Sunderland got a foothold, and a good team like that always does.

"I think we've got to look and reflect on it at this moment in time because we need to get out of this rut that we're in.

"I know we keep saying it, we'll keep trying to do it, we'll keep trying to fight our way out of it," she said.

Potter also pointed to a controversial decision in the first-half, believing her side were denied a penalty.

She said: "We say the rub of the green is not going with us on certain things. I thought we had a really promising penalty shout in the first-half.

"We'll have to look at it again, but we're not getting those little decisions at the moment.

"The ref had a really good position for it, I need to look at it back. I will look at a different angle of it as well. But it's those moments that you see, I think if that's in the middle of the pitch, it's given and it's a foul.

"But we didn't get it, and that was the tale of the afternoon. We didn't get a lot of things today, but we've got to stick with it, we've got to keep pushing.

"We've got to keep trying to find a way to be better, and turn this tide around, and that's exactly what we're doing."

Despite the frustrations, Potter was keen to highlight the positives of their recent run.

She said: "We're taking points, it's not like we're on loss after loss. We're undefeated for a good few weeks now, so we've got to take some positives.

"But it's not what we accept, it's not what we want. Our aim is to get three points week in, week out and climb up the league. So we've got some work to do."

Whilst Palace are yet to keep a clean sheet in the league so far, Potter believes her side is close to solving the issue.

She said: "We just need that little three, four, five per cent better, and it will come. I think we're putting in the work, the players are really honest and wanting to do that.

"We're still waiting for that clean sheet, it's something that we want to do. It's not something we shy away from, we do do the work. Hopefully it turns around very quickly for our players on the pitch."

Palace's next fixture is against Ipswich Town in the Subway Women's League Cup on Sunday, 19th October at 14:00.

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