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Sam Carroll

Roy Hodgson angered by Everton take as Crystal Palace manager 'disappointed' with Ben Godfrey question

Roy Hodgson was angered by the suggestion Crystal Palace were lucky to draw at Everton on Monday evening.

And the Palace manager also hit back at a question surrounding the full-time confrontation between Everton defender Ben Godfrey and Wilfried Zaha, admitting he was 'disappointed' that an entertaining match had been 'pushed to one side'.

Everton took a second-half lead through James Rodriguez at Goodison Park before substitute Michy Batshuayi levelled proceedings with five minutes remaining in an end-to-end affair.

When asked if he was relieved to take a point back to Selhurst Park after a series of missed chances from Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Richarlison, Hodgson said: "No, I don't agree with that.

"We came back from 1-0, but we had as much possession, as many opportunities and as many chances as them. I cannot agree with your observation.

"However, I am pleased that we got back into it and grateful to our keeper, but their chances came quite randomly, not often from us getting cut open. Otherwise I thought we were every bit as good as Everton."

Godfrey and Zaha - who was strongly linked with a move to Everton in the summer of 2019 - appeared to exchange words at the final whistle but Hodgson refused to speculate on the incident.

He added: "You know me better than that. I've just enjoyed a wonderful football match with some great football between two teams and you ask me about a minor incident which I didn't see.

"I'm disappointed that such a lot of good football has been pushed to one side."

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