Millen hails Eagles’ spirit in defeat

West Brom 2 Crystal Palace 0

And while the games that have followed — a home clash with Arsenal and Saturday’s encounter with West Brom at The Hawthorns — have each ended in 2-0 defeats, the 47-year-old believes in both cases there have been encouraging signs on that front.

“In the last two games, I don’t think you can accuse the players of not being together or not working hard.