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Crystal Palace 2-3 Burnley: What Parker said

Burnley boss Scott Parker, speaking to TNT Sports: "I'm happy with the team and, of course, with the result.

"In the situation we're in, coming off the back of an incredibly tough game for us at the weekend – for many reasons – that performance showed a group that's full of resilience, full of commitment. All the staff, the players, deserve that today.

"You don't get that result without proper resilience, standing up to certain battles and certain situations. The biggest lesson for any group is to keep coming back up – and we certainly did that tonight.

"There's always been belief [that we can stay up]. The results over the last few months probably haven't gone our way, tonight that definitely was the case. I said before tonight's game, let's not worry about where we've been in the past – let's look at the present.

"Can a group of men come to Selhurst Park and win a game of football against Crystal Palace? I think every single player believed that tonight. I think that was evident.

"There aren't many teams who would come back after going 2-0 down. It speaks absolute volumes for this group. If there was ever a question of how together this group is, how committed this group is, how resilient this group is – it said it all really."

Did you know?

  • Burnley are only the second team to go two goals down in the first half of a Premier League away game but still go in ahead at half-time, after Spurs at Newcastle in 1995.
  • The Clarets ended a run of 16 games without a win in the Premier League, their second-longest top-flight winless streak, after a run of 19 in 1890.
  • Scott Parker enjoyed his first-ever win away as a manager in London in the Premier League on his ninth attempt (D3 L5).

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