Emma Hayes

Cahill, for me, was the player of the match in the way he led the line for his team.

And I think to keep Haller that quiet for that long is a real credit, not just to the organisation.

You could see it in the way he's brought the leadership to Crystal Palace.

I thought they were difficult to break down.

I think post VAR, everybody watching that live called it a penalty immediately.

I think the fact that it was the timing for me, I couldn't see a goal coming for Crystal Palace.

I thought I struggled, as we talked about, getting inside the six-yard box on a number of occasions, but it's a nothing ball to the back post.

He's just lifted the ball to a back area and...

And Declan Rice has just caught awkwardly lifting his arm, perhaps unconscious of what he's doing.

It did change the outcome of the game.

You can feel that...

killed the noise within the crowd.

I thought Palace started to grow in confidence and their subs came into the game and with Townsend, like you said, involved with the winner, certainly they've gone on to win the game.

Even though you were shouting from the sidelines, from the touchline, he was going to miss it.

He took years to explain that.

By me?

Not by you, by Roy, but it was a classic experience manager's post-game speech, which is, we're not getting carried away, we deserve something, but remind us to the players of all the fundamentals that have gotten to this point.

And he's right, Crystal Palace did deserve something.

As a neutral watching the game, you felt that the longer it was going on with a restless crowd, perhaps they could get something like they did with a big VAR decision.

You see with his sense of humor shining through with his 100% VAR record.