Crystal Palace set new record for worst-ever top-flight start

This came after the Eagles sacked their manager Frank de Boer just after 77 days in charge.

If there is an upside it is that Hodgson’s revival acts normally take a while to kick into gear.

Steven Davis instigated the move with a pass into Dusan Tadic, the Serbian winger then whipped a risky ball across the face of goal which Wayne Hennessey could only parry. But it took just six minutes for Southampton to spoil the comeback party.

Next up in the league, Palace have games against Manchester City and Manchester United away, and Chelsea at home.

This is his first coaching post since that humiliating loss but, speaking to Sky Sports earlier on Tuesday, Hodgson said there were no scars from his time with England. Hodgson is a former junior player of the Palace in the 1960s but has never managed to penetrate the first team. Very confident. I will not fulfill this task if I do not believe in the opportunities we have.

“The desire was there but unfortunately it was a frantic desire, it was a desire where you’re chasing and hoping, not a desire where you’re in control and moving the ball around well and causing the opponents lots of problems”.

“We lost a knockout game and I was very sad about that”.

“We’ve had a bad start”.

“Every player has two or three options” Hangeland played under Hodgson for Viking in the 2004-05 season and Hodgson signed him for Fulham in January 2008 to help their successful fight against relegation that season. This is a further blow, but it’s a fact of life. “We could have scored another goal but playing here is really hard”. “You could see today that Crystal Palace were good”, he told BBC Sport. We also did really well defensively from the beginning until the end.

CRSYTAL PALACE now have the unwanted honour of being the WORST attacking team to start a Premier League season.

Roy Hodgson admitted he faced a stiff challenge to turn around Crystal Palace´s fortunes after a 1-0 home defeat to Southampton saw them become the first Premier League side to lose their first five games and fail to score.