Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew believes that his side should have beaten Newcastle United on Wednesday night.
Pardew’s former club Newcastle took a 1-0 lead into the half-time break at Selhurst Park after Papiss Cisse fired them ahead, but a second half equaliser from Fraizer Campbell secured a point for both sides.
The home side had plenty of chances to win the game but both Yannick Bolasie and Brede Hangeland were denied by Tim Krul.
However, despite the Dutch keeper’s fine form, Pardew believes that his side should have secured all three points.
Pardew told BBC Sport: “I thought we should have won. We started well but the chances were few and far between. Newcastle only had one shot on target but scored.
“We struggled to break them down, but we scored a great goal – it was a really special cross and we deserved to get something out of the game.
“We had plenty of options on the bench and in the end the bench made a difference. Yannick Bolasie and Dwight Gayle came on and upped the tempo for us. It was nice to see my old team and my friends from the club. We took a point and we should be pretty pleased with that.”
Meanwhile, Newcastle boss John Carver believes that Pardew’s knowledge of having coached the side before paid off as the game ended in a draw.
“I know for a fact that he got a little bit of a surprise by our team selection,” Carver told Sky Sports News.
“I was brave from the start by sticking two strikers in the team. But it was not working for us and I needed to change the shape of the team, and I did. But when someone knows your team inside out, it is sometimes very difficult and I was expecting them to do something different.
“Then he changed it and put [Jason] Puncheon into the middle of midfield and brought on an extra striker. He had quite a few strikers on at the end! And we knew he was going to put us under pressure.”