Patrick van Aanholt came very close to being Palace’s hero against Burnley tonight, however, his injury time effort was saved well by Nick Pope.
Reflecting on that might-of-been moment, the left-back said: “I saw the space in the box and thought: 'just hit it with my right foot' but I didn’t get a very clear connection with it.”
Pope’s save meant that the Clarets held on to their one-goal margin and left south London with the three points. After the defeat, Van Aanholt analysed the performance, he said: “Unfortunately in the first-half, I think, we didn’t create much and we were sloppy at times.